In the same week that bomb-happy Iran claims it is enriching uranium on an industrial scale, the UN reelects Iran as — guess what? — a Vice-Chairman of the UN Disarmament Commission. Writing on NRO, Anne Bayefsky has the full report, including a related sidelight, quoting UN Human Rights Council President Luis Alfonso de Alba (the same UN-ocrat who recently tried to stifle Hillel Neuer of UN Watch) on his Council’s decision “to discontinue the consideration of the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran” — this while Iran on top of its chronic domestic repression and abuse was holding British hostages.
These are just a sampling of the latest items in the UN’s own industrial-scale production of You-Couldn’t-Make-This-Up Orwellian moments. For which, as Senator Tom Coburn details here, American taxpayers pay billions all told, including millions for the Disarmament Commission and Human Rights Council.
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1. KGS59:Here in Finland, there was –and still is– an all to familiar and predictable “news black out” of the whole affair:
http://tundratabloid.blogspot.com/2007/04/unbelievable.html
This is a totally disgusting example of the “inside out, upside down and wrong way around” thinking that is a permanent feature in that world body.
States with an “indentured servant attitude” like Finland, only serve to help promote and prolong the UN’s feckless and morally corrupt nature. Perhaps its time to draw some attention them as well, they are a key/intergal part of the UN’s “cycle of stupidity”.
The Finnish government spends alot of money helping the Palestinians in their media dept, through their foreign aid and development programs in conjuction with the UN:
http://www.tutka.org/artikkeli?id=799
Apr 13, 2007 - 3:43 am