Advocates for human rights resolution respond to New Orleans City Council's withdrawal
 

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After members of the New Orleans City Council expressed regret after voting for a human rights resolution they passed earlier this month, the resolution?s proponents feel jilted by a City Council that previously had supported them.

The New Orleans Palestinian Solidarity Committee (NOPSC) helped draft a broad resolution that commits the City Council to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and encourages the creation of a process through which a City Hall committee can review the city?s investments and contracts to determine whether they violate that commitment.

Throughout the year, members of NOPSC had communicated to staff from each council district to get the measure on their radar.*District B Councilmember and Mayor-elect LaToya Cantrell introduced the resolution, and five members of the City Council cosponsored it. It passed 5-0 on Jan. 11.

But after its passage, several groups and officials, including Mayor Mitch Landrieu and U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, slammed the resolution for its role in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement protesting Israel?s denial of a Palestinian state.?