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June 21, 2007
Only At the UN Does This Pass For "Reform"
I've criticized the UN on human rights before. Their Human Rights Commission was a sham and a joke, often headed by countries with the worst human rights abuses, and very often condemning those with better records on it while ignoring egregious acts by member states.
The Commission was disbanded in a "reform" move, and the Human Right Council was created. Living up to my low expectations, the Council is virtually identical to the Commission in its actions.
Members of the UN's new human rights watchdog on Tuesday formally agreed to continue their scrutiny of Israel while halting investigations into Cuba and Belarus - a move that immediately drew fire from Canada and the United States.
Palestinians are trying to get into Israel to escape the human rights abuses in Gaza (the subject of an upcoming post). Yet they excuse Cuba, ignore Hamas and Fatah, and single out Israel. Such "myopic zeal".
The United States - which is only an observer to the 47-nation body - has been skeptical since the beginning.
Any wonder?
The large Muslim and African groups, which dominate the council, had lobbied hard to minimize the scope for naming and shaming countries over their human rights records, ...
Any wonder?
...but make an exception for Israel, the only government explicitly criticized so far by the body.
This is absolutely preposterous. The United Nations has absolutely no credibility in this area, and its pronouncements on this should no longer be taken seriously.
And if this is what they call "reform", they make their own case for dismantling.
Posted by Doug at June 21, 2007 11:15 AM
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This is one of many poor decisions made by the UN recently. It is preposterous that this body has moved in on Israel while ignoring atrocities in other places. You might also be interested to know that the UN is scheduled to listen to a thesis in October that hopes to categorize religious education of children as child abuse! Frightening, isn't it?
http://www.lifeasachristianwoman.com/religious-education-threatened-as-child-abuse/
Posted by: April at June 26, 2007 10:14 AM