From UN Watch:
The UN Human Rights Council (now that's an oxymoron) will convene on May 23, 2008 for an emergency “special session” to address rising food prices. Several EU states also added their names to the Cuban request.
And the current crises in food shortages and the rising price of food is a grave concern not just for Cuba, but all nations.
The world food crisis is certainly an urgent issue, but few expect this meeting to achieve anything other than provide a platform for attacks against the West and free markets.
Again Cuba will find an open forum to spew its hatred at the United States and the West. For in their eyes (and the eyes of many Third World nations) we are the enemy. The sole nation that keeps them repressed and underachieving. If only the US would give them a handout, a free pass, everything handed on a silver platter, then all would be right with their nations.
When the question to the United Nations (aka Tower of Babel) was asked to put Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) on the agenda this Tower of Babel replied:
Rupert Colville of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, responding to a question on the fact that it was strange that the Human Rights Council would be holding a Special Session on the global food crisis, but not on the current situation in Myanmar, said he did not speak for the Council, but the Special Session on the right to food was taking place because there had not been much in the way of thematic special sessions on big issues, and the right to food was a very big issue. There had been discussion to some extent on the possibility of talking about Myanmar, but the Council had a very full programme, including the Universal Periodic Review, so it was a pretty packed schedule at the moment and it would be difficult to fit it in.
To full to put in the possible deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. But the fact that food prices are rising and the Muslims are starting to riot about it, is on the agenda. Maybe if Cuba or Egypt had asked about Myanmar they might be on the agenda. Or if the people of Myanmar were Muslim they would be on the agenda. But the poor people of Myanmar are Buddhists and not likely to be on anyone's agenda in the near future.
But nice Jennifer Pagonis of the UN Refugee Agency said High Commissioner Antonio Guterres will leave for Yemen on Wednesday, 14 May for a five-day visit which will include a first-hand look at UNHCR’s efforts there on behalf of refugees and internally displaced people and the opening of a regional conference on refugee protection and migration in the Gulf of Aden which will be held on 19 and 20 May. Prior to the conference, Mr. Guterres is scheduled to visit UNCHR’s offices in Sana’a and Aden, as well as the Kharaz refugee camp.
But not to the refugees that are dying in Myanmar. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will fly to Myanmar this week and visit the areas hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis, a U.N. spokeswoman said Sunday. He will go and look at the dead and dying, shake his head and then condemn the US for not sending enough food and medicine. He has to appease his Muslim masters or they will vote him out of office.
How like this Tower of Babel to scream at Myanmar, but refuse to address the underlying problem there: The Military Junta. If they started to do that, then they would have to start addressing the abuses of other member nations:
- The lack of human rights to 1/2 of the citizens of Saudi Arabia.
- The Sudanese Government's continuing genocide in Darfur.
- The anti-Western riots in South Africa that killed 12.
- Hezbollah's attacks on Lebanon.
- Iran's pursuit of Nuclear Weapons.
- The continuing rocket attacks into Israel.
The United Nations has become mockery of what its founder envisioned it to be. Instead of a place where the world could come together for the benefit of all the people of the world, it has become a place of hatred, corruption and bigotry. An idea whose time has come and gone.
It is time for the United Nations to start cleaning up their act and behave for the benefit of the world.
Because the time is rapidly coming for the world to dissolve the United Nations.
THIS TIME IS COMING SOON!
DISSOLVE THE UNITED NATIONS!
4 comments:
The UN is weak and corrupt - no doubt. Dissolve it? Maybe John Bolton's idea would work. essentially, for democracies to embrace it in a death grip. Bump Japan up to the Sec Council and award committee chairs only to democracies.
There are several things the free world could use to pre empt illegit regimes like Syria, Sudan and Burma - the R2P clause should be wielded constantly. "Responsibility to protect" would bring many nations under a very large and uncomfy microscope.
JB has many good ideas for reforming the UN in his awesome book "Surrender is not an option"
Bump Japan and Germany up, put Nations on notice to start obeying the Declaration of Human Rights or face being thrown out. And use our muscle to do the right thing. Go into places like Sudan and clean it out, Myanmar and clean it out too.
Maybe even Lebanon and with Israel's help clean it out of Hezbollah.
"But the poor people of Myanmar are Buddhists and not likely to be on anyone's agenda in the near future."
Just ask Tibetans, the liberals were for a "Free Tibet", just never got round to "Freeing" Tibet.
"He will go and look at the dead and dying, shake his head and then condemn the US for not sending enough food and medicine."
What else will that nest of lefist vipers do. Do something, sorry folks the cruel joke is on those waiting around for that.
The left talks a good game, but does nothing. That's all they do. They talk.
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