-Caveat Lector- Zionist medical group gets UN status http://www.iol.co.za/html/frame_news.php?click_id=22&art_id=qw 988951742195B252 May 04 2001 at 06:49AM United Nations - Despite objections from Arab countries, a Jewish humanitarian organisation has been granted United Nations credentials given to many grassroots groups. Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organisation of America, which runs hospitals in Israel and promotes health education in the United States, welcomed Thursday night's decision by the UN Economic and Social Council. The 54-member council approved a recommendation of its Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations to grant consultative status to 52 groups, including Hadassah. There was no vote, but representatives from Syria, Sudan, Bahrain and Iran expressed reservations about Hadassah's inclusion, alleging it held some of the most extreme positions of Israel. 90 years experience in humanitarian work The Palestinian observer, speaking on behalf of the League of Arab States, also questioned the humanitarian nature of the organisation, and said it would follow Hadassah's activities closely in the future. The United States expressed appreciation for the decision and Israel's representative noted that Hadassah has assisted Palestinians within and outside the region. Hadassah applied for consultative status in the Economic and Social Council in 1998 so that it could participate in UN conferences and offer its expertise in running hospitals. "Our mission is one of medical excellence with 90 years experience in humanitarian work," said Hadassah president Bonnie Lipton. "It is one of rebuilding the lives of children at risk and land reclamation and last, but perhaps foremost, supporting the largest Zionist youth movement in the United States and in Israel." In hearings last year, Arab countries including Lebanon and Syria recommended the application be rejected, arguing that Hadassah was an "exclusive" political organisation. Lebanon noted that the United Nations had for 16 years equated Zionism with racism. That 1975 resolution was repealed in 1991. 'Every patient is treated with the same high standards of care' In January, the 19-member committee on non-governmental organisations recommended special consultative status for Hadassah by a vote of nine to six, with three abstentions. Two members were absent. Hadassah was expecting the full council, known as Ecosoc, to come back with a final decision when it meets in Geneva in July, and was surprised when the news came several months early. "We had confidence that the decision was going to go this way," said Lipton. "But I'm very happy because this validates that Hadassah made the right decision to pursue a status on Ecosoc despite the vitriolic anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist validations that we had to face." She scoffed at claims that the organisation was equated with racism, saying "in our health work, every patient is treated with the same high standards of care, regardless of regardless or religion, colour, creed, politics, ethnic background." - Sapa-AP ============================================== SPY NEWS is OSINT newsletter and discussion list associated to Mario's Cyberspace Station http://mprofaca.cro.net/mainmenu.html ============================================== *** NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. 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