Maldives has supported the Human Rights Council to establish an independent commission of inquiry to investigate human rights violations in the context of Israeli military assaults on Palestinian civilians. At the Special Session of the Human Rights Council, the Maldives once again raised its voice for the plight of the Palestinian people.
Speaking at the special session held on the deteriorating human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, Dr. Hala Hameed, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations Office in Geneva condemned in the strongest terms, the attacks by Israel on unarmed Palestinian civilians who were peacefully protesting to claim their sovereign right to return to their lands that Israel had occupied and denied them for decades.
Ambassador Hala further added that, the world witnessed a massacre on May 14, with the loss of many innocent lives and injuries to many others near the Gaza border due to the largely excessive use of force by the Israeli military.
Ambassador Hala further expressed sincere condolences on behalf of the government and the people of the Maldives, to the brotherly Palestinian families who lost their loved ones at the superfluous, cruel and inhumane acts committed by the Israeli forces.
In the statement, the Maldives expressed support to the call on the council to address this issue immediately, and supported the call on the council to establish an independent, international and transparent commission of inquiry to investigate the violations of international humanitarian law and the international human rights law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem and the occupied Gaza Strip. The Maldives cosponsored the resolution that was adopted at the council to this effect.