(Bloomberg) -- A United Nations official threatened to call in security guards to calm a committee meeting on Iran's human rights violations after delegates from Saudi Arabia and Syria started shouting at each other.
After a Saudi delegate had praised Asma Jahangir, the special rapporteur for Iran, for her report that highlighted Iran's continued human rights violations, Syrian diplomat Amjad Qassem Agha called for the UN to investigate Saudi Arabia for its bombing campaign in Yemen. The Saudi delegate then interrupted to object.
Other diplomats watched as the Saudi and the Syrian officials shouted at each other, even after both their microphones were cut off. Committee secretary Moncef Khane, an Algerian national, suspended proceedings for 10 minutes after first threatening to call for security to escort out the Syrian diplomat.
Asma Jahangir's report will be put to a committee vote at the end of next month.
To contact the reporter on this story: Kambiz Foroohar in New York at kforoohar@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editors responsible for this story: Bill Faries at wfaries@bloomberg.net, Michael B. Marois, Dan Reichl
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