Begging the question: why do they even bother:

The Bush administration, European governments and religious rights organizations are mounting a new effort to defeat a General Assembly resolution that demands respect for Islam and other religions but has been used to justify persecution of religious minorities. The resolution, called "Combating Defamation of Religion," is sponsored by the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and has been approved by the world body annually since 2005. It comes up for renewal this fall. U.S. officials said they hope to persuade moderate Muslim nations - among them Senegal, Mali, Nigeria and Indonesia - to reject the measure, which lacks the force of law but has provided diplomatic cover for regimes that repress critical speech... such anti-defamation resolutions "are in direct violation of international law concerning the rights to freedom of religion and expression."

And don't you just love that Indonesia - which summarily executed Catholics during the Anti-Papal Jihad and bans Israelis as a matter of official policy - is what passes for a moderate Muslim nation these days? The beautiful thing about the OIC's tactics, by the by, is how predictably routine they were. Establish a small seemingly insignificant precedent, get it passed as a bureacratic nicety, and now we're off to the races:

Religious rights groups say other U.N. measures, including statements by the Human Rights Council in Geneva, replicate the language of the resolution. "Before, it was one resolution with no impact and no implementation," said Felice Gaer, chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a bipartisan federal body that investigates abuses and proposes policies to advance "freedom of thought, conscience and religion."

It's a bit of a surprise to see the EU and the State Department get caught flat-footed by a diplomatic bait and switch. They've practically got a trademark on that thing.

References:
* U.S. fights Islamic anti-defamation push [WashTimes]
* Non-Violent Reaction to Pope's Remarks Continue (Indonesia Kills Catholics Edition) [MR]
* Indonesia Illustrates Muslim Definition of Tolerance [MR]
* State Department Ready To Pull Entirely Predictable Anti-Israel Bait And Switch On Har Dov [MR]

Previously:
* UN Report On Security Fence Predictable In Every Way: Aggressively Contradictory, Blames Israel
* The UN Has Been Screwing Israel For Decades
* UN Children's Fund: Israeli Billionaire Just Too Jewish To Give Money To World's Children (Also Too Jewish For The UN: Ultra-Liberal Reform Jews)