Summary
The Security Council resolution adopted on 7 October 2000, by 14 votes in favour to none against, with 1 abstention (United States), after three days of debate with more than 40 speakers, condemning violence, especially the excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians, deploring the provocation carried out at Al-Haram Al-Sharif, and stressing the importance of establishing a mechanism for a speedy and objective inquiry into the tragic events of the Second Intifada’s outbreak (Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part V (1989-2000), PDF p.39, 41).
Details
- The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights, after his mission of 11-15 October 2000, recommended a mechanism for a speedy and objective inquiry, the importance of which the Council had stressed in this resolution (E/CN.4/S-5/3, para. 35) (PDF p.39).
- On 18 December 2000 a draft resolution (S/2000/1171) expressing the Council’s determination to dispatch a United Nations force of military and police observers received 8 votes in favour, none against and 7 abstentions, short of the nine votes necessary (PDF p.41).
Related pages
Origins and Evolution of the Palestine Problem: Part V (1989-2000), Second Intifada, Arik Sharon