Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries confirmed today their commitment and respect for mechanisms of UN Human Rights Council, including the work of special procedures especially since there are field visits paid by UN special rapporteurs to the GCC countries whose governments welcomed the visits based on their commitment to promote and protect human rights. In a joint statement to the Human Rights Council delivered by Ambassador Faisal Al Hnzab, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to the United Nations in Geneva, the GCC countries expressed their extreme surprise and displeasure over the special rapporteurs' incomprehensible and unacceptable actions which are beyond the scope of the code of conduct. Ambassador Faisal Al Hnzab explained that the rapporteurs who visited the GCC countries did not fully abide by the code of conduct accepted by all as a methodology of work by introducing new requests during their visit beyond the official agreed program prepared in advance of the visit, in addition to making proactive statements on the conclusions of the visit as well as writing reports that are far from reality and accuracy relying on unofficial and unreliable sources and a far cry from the Gulf society; that would affect the credibility of the report and therefore make it futile, the ambassador added. The GCC countries demanded that the special rapporteurs need to be honest, independent, respect the sovereignty of states and abide by the code of conduct for mandate holders in order to achieve the desired goal. The Gulf Cooperation Council opposed the draft resolution on the rights of homosexuals, saying it is unacceptable, denouncing at the same time that the High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid bin Ra'ad recommend in the report issued by him based on the aforementioned resolution that the states should confront the rejection of this homosexuality and consider this as a violation that is unacceptable and rejected in general from an officer holding an international status by adopting a topic not acceptable to the Islamic religion - which preserves for humans their blood, money, honor and dignity - and which has no international consensus and consider it a departure from the ordinary.
