Friday, April 19, 2002

Will talk about this later. The UN is upset about Human Rights in Iraq. And it is all our fault. Saddam wants to cooperate. We just won't let him apparently.

Update. Oh this is grand. The UN Human Rights Commision debated the resolutions concerning human rights issues in Iraq. The countries weighing in were - Iraq, Kuwait (who complained about POW's), the Russian Federation, Sudan, Algeria and Libya. Who chaired this event? Abdul Azziz?

There was also a no-action motion passed on a resolution concerning the deplorable human rights situation in Zimbabwe surrounding the 'election'. Look at the list of countries that voted in favor a no-action:

In favour: Algeria, Bahrain, Burundi, China, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Viet Nam and Zambia.

And of course, a resolution was passed to look into the situation of Lebanese prisoners in Israel. This is how the voting broke down:

In favour: Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Brazil, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, China, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Syrian Arab Republic, Thailand, Togo, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Viet Nam and Zambia.

Against: Guatemala and Peru.

Abstentions: Austria, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,


How much longer can the illusion hold that the UN can be truthful and fair organization? The Assembly and all of the Commisions are dominated by representatives of nations that are ruled by unelected regimes. The perpetuation of freedom and democracy represented by the West and a handful of allies is not in the best interest of these nations and they will never go out of their way to support a representative democray anywhere in the world for fear of losing their own death-grip on power.

When the Commision on Human Rights can't even pass a resolution to look into the massacres and oppression carried out by known felons like Robert Mugabe and Saddam Hussein, yet calls for the investigation of a Democray that has oversight committees that looks into and tries its own people for crimes found, we must know that the day is coming when we will have to face a UN Assembly that is openly hostile to and openly works to subvert the free nations of the world.

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