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The United Nations has a clear and biased history against Israel. It is seen every year in the number of resolutions that focus on Israel, only Israel, always Israel. The world's most satanic and evil regimes are not worthy of the UN's time - only Israel, always Israel. So it should come as no shock to learn that UN soldiers were seen saluting the coffins of the Hizbollah terrorists who were returned to Israel as part of a prisoner exchange to get Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser back. No, it should come as no shock, no surprise and yet it causes such anger. It is a reaffirmation that the UN's personnel in Lebanon harbor and support these terrorists; reaffirmation that the UN cannot be a credible mediator when it is clearly part of the problem. The shame of Lebanon in its support and celebration of the return of a child killer has now spread to the halls of the United Nations and that means this is as good a time as any to remember the United Nations' Record vis-a-vis Israel. Though the below information is a bit dated (I'll look for more and post more recent records, the sad reality is that today the UN is not very different from the UN portrayed below).

The United Nation's Record vis-a-vis Israel

Prior to the Madrid Conference, of '91, the office of Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir commissioned Shai Ben-Tekoa to do a statistical analysis of U.N. voting vis a vis Israel. The following is a summary of Mr. Ben-Tekoa's research.

Summary

Security Council:

• 175 Total Resolutions
• 74 Neutral
• 4 Against the perceived interests of an Arab state or body
• 97 Against Israel

General Assembly:

• Cumulative Number of Votes cast with/for Israel: 7,938.
• Cumulative Number of Votes cast against Israel: 55,642.

Detail

SECURITY COUNCIL 1946-89

Frequency:

Since the Council first convened in 1946, at least one Arab state sat on it in 39 of the body's first 43 years. Israel never sat on the Council. From December 1947, when the 'Palestine Question' first appeared on its agenda, to 1989, the Council  held 2,682 meetings of which 747 (26%) were devoted to the Arab-Israeli conflict.  During this period, the Council passed 605 resolutions of which 175 (29%) concerned this conflict.

Balance or Tilt:

Of these 175, 74 (42%) may be labeled neutral or balanced. Of the remaining 101, 4 (4%) criticized or opposed the actions, or judged against, the perceived interests of an Arab state or body.Ninety-seven resolutions (96%) were critical, or opposed the actions, or judged against the perceived interests of Israel. The last time a resolution passed the Security Council whose major thrust criticized Arab actions was on September 1, 1949.

Requests:

Between 1947 and 1989, the Council 'called upon,' 'demanded,' 'requested' etc. Israel to 'comply,' 'desist,' 'refrain' etc. 123 times. An Arab state, states or body was 'called upon' 'ordered' 'requested' 65 times, or 47% less.

Specificity:

In these requests, Israel was explicitly named 105 times. References to Arab states were usually implicit, as in '...the parties concerned'. An Arab state was identified by name 12 times.

Expressions:

The Council expressed its 'concern,' 'grave concern,' 'regret,' 'deep regrets,' 'shock' etc. about Israeli actions 31 times. Regarding Arab actions, the Council never expressed negative sentiments.

Condemnations:

The Council 'condemned, 'censured,' 'deplored,' 'strongly deplored' etc. Israel 49   times. The Council never 'condemned,' 'censured,' 'deplored' etc. the Arabs.

Warnings:

The Council 'warned,' 'solemnly warned' etc. Israel 7 times. The Council never warned the Arabs.

The above data concern the entire post-war period until 1989,  but by isolating the period June 1967-1989, the numbers rise into even starker relief.

SECURITY COUNCIL 1967-1989

Frequency:

The Council held 1,517 meetings. Of these 459 (30%) were devoted to the Arab-Israeli conflict.402 resolutions were passed. Of these, 131 (33%) concerned the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Balance or Tilt of U.N. resolutions:

Neutral Of these 131, 43 (33%) were neutral. Of the remaining 88, all (100%) criticized or opposed the actions, or judged against the interests of Israel. 0 resolutions criticized or opposed the actions, or judged against the perceived interests of an Arab state or body, or the PLO (founded by the Arab League in 1964).

Requests:

The Council 'called upon,' 'demanded,' 'ordered' etc. Israel to 'comply,' 'desist,' 'refrain' 83 times. The Council 'called upon,' 'requested' etc. an Arab state 29 times, 65% less. The Council never 'demanded,' 'ordered' etc. the PLO to do or stop doing anything.

Expressions:

The Council expressed its 'concern,' 'grave concern,' 'deep regrets.' 'shock' etc. regarding Israel's actions 28 times. The Council never expressed negative sentiments regarding either any Arab state or the PLO.

Condemnations:

The Council 'condemned,' 'censured,' 'deplored' Israel 43 times. No Arab state or group was ever condemned.

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 1947-1989

The labor of the Assembly, the larger if less potent U.N. chamber, on the other hand, makes the above numbers testimony to the power and moderating influence of the United States in the Security Council, whose numbers now, by contrast, will seem in retrospect only mildly anti-Israel.

Number of Resolutions or Resolution Parts Voted On : 690
 

Balance or Tilt:
Of these, 205 (30%) were neutral. Of these, 64 (9%) were adopted without a vote, without objection or by consensus. 18 (3%) were adopted unanimously. Thus the adjusted number of balanced resolutions: 123 (18%)  

• Resolutions against Israel's desires: 429 (62%)  
• Resolutions against Arab desires: 56 (8%).  

Of the 56 votes not to the Arabs' liking,
49 concerned the establishment or financing of peace-keeping forces. Of the remaining 7, one concerned inviting the Jewish Agency for Palestine to address the General Assembly  (May 1947); 1 concerned the Partition Plan (November 1947); 1 concerned establishing a trusteeship for Jerusalem; 3 concerned refugees (1948); 1 protested admitting Israel as a member to the UN. Discounting the 49 votes concerning peace-keeping forces, the last anti-Arab vote of the General Assembly was in May 1949.
 

Requests:
The Arabs were 'called upon' to 'comply,' 'desist,' 'refrain' etc. 4 times. Israel  was 'demanded,' 'ordered' etc. to do General Assembly bidding 305 times.
 

Expressions:
The Assembly expressed its 'concern,' 'grave concern,' 'anxiety' etc. about Israeli policies or actions 179 times. The General Assembly expressed itself in similar terms about Arab policies or actions 0 times.
 

Condemnations:
Israel was 'condemned,' 'vigorously condemned,' 'strongly condemned,' 'deplored,' 'strongly deplored', 'censured,' 'denounced' by the General Assembly 321 times. The Arabs were condemned 0 times.
 

Cumulative Number of Votes cast with/for Israel: 7,938.
 

Cumulative Number of Votes cast against Israel: 55,642.

Source: Israel National News