Anyone who reads this blog on a regular basis knows that I am not a fan of the United Nations. However, most of the time they at least try to act like grown ups. John Hinderaker at Power Line posted a story yesterday about the United Nations latest antics.
The Bush Administration avoided joining the United Nations' Human Rights Council because of its virulent prejudice against Israel and lack of any meaningful commitment to human rights. The Obama Administration decided to join the Council hoping that "engagement" could bring about reform. Well, back to square one.
The article reports:
"Wednesday in Geneva during the current session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, the Obama administration became a willing participant in the U.N.'s imposition of an apartheid-style ban on representatives of the state of Israel. Despite the promises made by the administration that by joining the Council the United States would not become part of the problem, U.S. Ambassador to the Council Eileen Donahoe chose to attend and fully participate in a meeting that deliberately excluded anyone representing the Jewish state. ...
"While Israelis are left standing in the hall during the Council's regional group meetings, this week for the first time Libya took its seat as a full-fledged Council member. Other full voting members of the U.N.'s lead human rights body include such model citizens as Saudi Arabia, China, Cuba, Russia and Kyrgyzstan."
The record of the U. N. Human Rights Council is abysmal. The article points out that "moreover, the Council has never adopted a single resolution on Iran, and behind closed doors it terminated a tentative examination of human rights in Iran on March 26, 2007."
Joining the U.N. Human Rights Council was a mistake. We have given legitimacy to an organization that has nothing to do with actually supporting human rights. We need to remove ourselves from the Council as soon as possible!
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