Wednesday, July 4, 2007

United Nations (Non) Human Rights Council

The good ol' United Nations is at it again. Actually, this time it's the the year old Human Rights Council (HRC) branch. It's 47 members voted on June 18 to halt special human rights scrutiny of Belarus and Cuba. In other words, they are off the blacklist. For those that are not aware, Belarus and Cuba are two of the biggest human violators in the world. Can someone tell why we still fund the U.N.?

Funny thing is that the HRC mandate on their offical website includes,
"preventing human rights violations, securing respect for all human rights, promoting international cooperation to protect human rights".

Looks like the HRC just went 0-3 !! Keep up the good work !!

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