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Rabbi Nosson Scherman



28 Dec 2011

Taking action

What kind of action did school board members take in reference to a complaint filed against a teacher who allegedly called a student a "Jew boy"?
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On a separate issue, on November 22, David Singer wrote an article about the Palestinians' membership of UNESCO.

Among other questions he posted to the UNESCO’s Director of Liaison Office in New York was the following.

II. Was the PA’s admission to UNESCO unconstitutional because the majority vote required for its admission under Article II 2 of the UNESCO Constitution was not reached?
The vote for the PA’s admission to UNESCO was 107 for, 16 against and 52 abstentions (which do not count as votes).

There are 194 members of UNESCO - so a two thirds majority vote required would be 129. As only 107 votes were in favour - Palestine’s admission to UNESCO did not satisfy the provisions of the Constitution and should be declared invalid.
Read full article: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/10879

On December 27, INN published a further article from Mr. Singer in which he addreeses the fact that he has yet to receive a satisfactory answer to his questions and asks, "Should UNESCO be entitled to act in breach of its own Constitution and choose to studiously ignore investigating any alleged breach when drawn to its attention?"
Read full article: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/10879

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