UN agrees to 'Goldstone session'

The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session in Geneva, as requested by the Palestinian Authority.
The request by the Palestinian Authority (PA) is co-sponsored by the 18 member states of the human rights council.
Those members are: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, China, Cuba, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia, Jordan, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Senegal.
The news of the UN special session comes a day after Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, lashed out against the Goldstone report, which criticises Israel for deliberately targeting civilians during its war on Gaza earlier this year.
He called the report, compiled by a team led by Richard Goldstone, a South African judge, a "distorted report, written by this distorted committee".
The Goldstone report accuses Israel of using disproportionate force, deliberately targeting civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure during a three-week offensive against Hamas from December to January.