Ex-UN official decries resolution backing Gaza force as 'colonial outrage'

<article data-history-node-id="431617" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ex-un-official-decries-resolution-backing-gaza-force-colonial-outrage" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ex-un-official-decries-resolution-backing-gaza-force-colonial-outrage" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Ex-UN official decries resolution backing Gaza force as 'colonial outrage'</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A former senior UN human rights official has denounced the Security Council’s adoption of a resolution backing a US plan for foreign forces and governance in Gaza, calling it a “colonial outrage”.</p> <p>Craig Mokhiber, former director of the New York office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), described the vote as a “day of shame” for the UN and accused governments worldwide of being “on their knees before the US empire and its violent Israeli client”.</p> <p>He criticised the "horrific" resolution as a violation of international law.</p> <p>“This proposal has been rejected by Palestinian civil society and factions, as well as by defenders of human rights and international law everywhere,” Mokhiber said on X.</p> <p>He concluded: “The struggle for Palestinian freedom will continue undeterred.”</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a aria-label="Ex-UN official decries resolution backing Gaza force as 'colonial outrage'" href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/former-un-official-slams-security-council-adoption-trump-gaza-plan-colonial-outrage">Ex-UN official decries resolution backing Gaza force as 'colonial outrage'</a></h3> <p><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/063_2246644332%20%281%29.jpg.jpg?itok=qrKxanZu"></p> </div> </div> </article>