The report elaborated upon by four UN officials, investigator into arbitrary executions Philip Alston, right to health investigator Paul Hunt, the representative of Secretary General Kofi Annan Walter Kaelin and rapporteur on housing Miloon Kothari, following their own willed visit to Lebanon and Israel in mid-September, which set a series of human rights violation accusations both against the Israeli forces and against Hezbollah troops in the July 12th - August 14th conflict, was blasted away by a series of Muslim states. Their main concern was the fact that the findings of the report were allegedly too biased, highlighting only mild accusations against Israel.


"The report is deferential to Israel, condescending towards Lebanon and accusatory towards Hezbollah. The OIC council members have decided to distance themselves from the conclusions of the report, which does not have any operative value", was the opinion of Masood Khan, the Pakistani Ambassador, speaking on behalf of the member states of the Organization of Islamic Conference, during a formal address before the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council, located in Geneva. The statement occurred during the international body's three-week session of debates upon the report's findings.

Several top UNHRC officials have described the report as seemingly fair, since it concluded that Israel committed "serious violations" in breaching several provisions of the international humanitarian law, when it failed to distinguish military from civilian targets, did not attempt to take all necessary measures to limit civilian injuries and damages and did not apply the proportionality principle.

On the other hand, the report blamed Hezbollah for kidnapping the two Israeli soldiers, which in turn caused the war in Lebanon, and for firing rockets aimed at civilian dominated areas in the northern part of Israel.

In its turn, Israel and its political ally, the United States also condemned the conclusions of the report, even though they have not outspokenly done so, with Israeli officials accusing the report of not specifically holding Lebanon responsible for the fact that it tolerated the attacks of the Hezbollah, instead of counter-attacking them.