For years, pundits, politicians and columnists - including me - have fiercely criticized the United Nations.
This institution has become a political cesspool controlled by
totalitarian states and rogue nations that despise democracy, liberty
and freedom. It’s only getting worse with time.
Look what’s happened during the past two weeks:
Syria is likely to get a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council. U.N. Watch reported Iran will get a “top post” on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty conference, which it described as being “like choosing Bernie Madoff to police fraud in the stock market.” Meanwhile, U.N. and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan claimed to have had a “very candid and constructive” meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
These are all ridiculous stories, but honestly, should we be surprised? I’m not. The U.N. has a long, sordid history of electing tyrannies and dictatorships to its various agencies, boards and councils. For an organization that vigorously claims to support world peace, it also vigorously - and controversially - supports countries that don’t have the slightest grasp of this concept.
For example, Libya chaired the U.N. Human Rights Commission in 2003 - and was a U.N. Security Council member in 2008 and 2009. Syria has twice headed the U.N. Security Council, in June 2002 and August 2003. Iran and Iraq were scheduled to co-chair a U.N. nuclear disarmament conference before Saddam Hussein was toppled from power in 2003. Additionally, North Korea - a major nuclear threat - headed the U.N. Conference on Disarmament just last year.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/12/exit-strategy-from-the-united-nations/
Look what’s happened during the past two weeks:
Syria is likely to get a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council. U.N. Watch reported Iran will get a “top post” on the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty conference, which it described as being “like choosing Bernie Madoff to police fraud in the stock market.” Meanwhile, U.N. and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan claimed to have had a “very candid and constructive” meeting with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.
These are all ridiculous stories, but honestly, should we be surprised? I’m not. The U.N. has a long, sordid history of electing tyrannies and dictatorships to its various agencies, boards and councils. For an organization that vigorously claims to support world peace, it also vigorously - and controversially - supports countries that don’t have the slightest grasp of this concept.
For example, Libya chaired the U.N. Human Rights Commission in 2003 - and was a U.N. Security Council member in 2008 and 2009. Syria has twice headed the U.N. Security Council, in June 2002 and August 2003. Iran and Iraq were scheduled to co-chair a U.N. nuclear disarmament conference before Saddam Hussein was toppled from power in 2003. Additionally, North Korea - a major nuclear threat - headed the U.N. Conference on Disarmament just last year.
Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/12/exit-strategy-from-the-united-nations/
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