Another Edition of the U.N. (Non) Human Rights Council

Back in July, I wrote a post about this disgraceful organization and how we should stop funding this garbage. This article sheds more light on this topic ans hopefully one day funding will stop. It is nice to see that there are poeple out there that see it the same way we do.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing dealt last week with the United Nations Human Rights Council performance. The newly named council was formed last year to replace the U.N. Commission on Human Rights. Last month, the Senate committee approved legislation proposed by Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., to end U.S. funding of the commission. Coleman pointed out that the watchdog group's almost exclusive focus on Israel and its failure to investigate other countries made it a "disgrace" and that the council "has essentially one issue on the agenda: Israel. You have got countries like North Korea, Burma, Zimbabwe, where you have state-sponsored brutality, and what we have from the council is deafening silence."

Read the rest here.

UN Human Rights Council EXPOSED !!

Can someone help me understand why does the U.S. keep funding the UN? What good has it done? There is a video that is making the rounds all over the world that exposes the abuses at the UN (Non) Human Rights Council. Of course, Cuba is one of the countries targeted in this video for their constant human rights violations. This video is a must see !!

Excerpt from article:

"Tragically, instead of protecting victims, the council is run by notorious violators who worry only about protecting themselves,” said Neuer. “Dominated by members like Cuba and China—and by observer states like Sudan, which heads the council’s influential Arab group—it’s a classic case of the inmates running the asylum.”

See the video and read the rest of the article here

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 !!

Biofuels is the least of your worry !!

U.N. and Cuban government officials are worried that the production of ethanol will cause a food shortage. I am sorry did I miss something? I thought in order to have that concern you need not to have a food shortage already? This is what I am talking about - IGNORANCE. Supposedly, the United Nations should know these things. Check out the story below.

U.N. official says biofuels raise food supply risk

By Anthony Boadle
Wed Jul 4, 5:17 PM ET

HAVANA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. Environment Program said on Wednesday Cuban leader Fidel Castro and others are justified in raising concern about the potential for ethanol production to threaten food supplies for the poor.

But UNEP director Achim Steiner said the jury is still out on whether risks outweigh the benefits when using food crops to produce ethanol as an alternative fuel.