U.N. F--king Believable!

What has the U.N. done for us lately? Well, let's see (hat tip: Deus Ex Macrame):

Cuban delegate to human rights commission sucker punches an American delegate from behind, knocking him unconscious.

The United States is accusing Cuba of "outrageous" behavior at the U.N. Human Rights Commission, where a Cuban delegate at the conference site in Geneva punched a representative of a U.S. group opposed to the Fidel Castro government. The U.N. panel narrowly approved a resolution Thursday condemning Cuba for its crackdown on dissent....

The representative of the U.S. group, Frank Calzon of the Washington-based Center for a Free Cuba, was reported to have been briefly knocked unconscious by a blow delivered from behind by the Cuban representative.

Dictatorships vote to give Chinese government a pass on human rights abuses.

China is praising the United Nations Commission on Human Rights' decision to block a U.S. motion to condemn Beijing's human rights record....

Washington says it is concerned about what it says are Beijing's continued restrictions on freedom of association, expression, and religion.

China submitted a measure to block any action on the motion and won. 28 of the nations on the 53-member commission voted for it and nullified the motion....

International human rights advocates say the failure of this and past motions is due to politics - not because Beijing has substantially improved its record.

Nicolas Becquelin of the Human Rights in China group says the decision shows the balance of power on the U.N. Commission on Human Rights.

“You have a lot of authoritarian countries who are members of the U.N. and of the commission. These states share with China the opposition to the scrutiny of their human rights situations, so they would vote with China to defeat resolutions attacking them,” Mr. Becquelin said.

U.N. asserts Islam falsely associated with terrorism and human rights violations.

[The U.N. Human Rights Commission] expressed deep concern that Islam was frequently and wrongly associated with human rights violations and terrorism; noted with deep concern the intensification of the campaign of defamation of religions, and the ethnic and religious profiling of Muslim minorities in the aftermath of the tragic events of 11 September 2001; and expressed deep concern at programmes and agendas pursued by extremist organizations and groups aimed at the defamation of religions, in particular when supported by Governments. ...

"In favour (29): Argentina, Bahrain, Bhutan, Brazil, Burkina Faso, China, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Honduras, Indonesia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Togo, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

"Against (16): Australia, Austria, Croatia, Dominican Republic, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom and United States.

U.N. Police Officer Shoots, Kills two Female American U.N. Colleagues, Ten Others Wounded.

LJUBJLANA, Slovenia -- Two American women working as prison guards with the United Nations in Kosovo were killed Saturday and 10 other Americans and an Austrian working as prison officers were wounded when a Jordanian, also with the United Nations, opened fire on them, officials said. The attacker was shot and killed.

Could someone please explain to me why we should not kick this wretched, corrupt, rotting institution off of U.S. soil, reclaim the U.N. buildings in NYC for some useful purpose, and allow the U.N. to set up shop in a country whose values are more conducive to its current mission (e.g. Saudi Arabia, North Korea, China, etc.)?

Posted by Andrew Coulson at April 19, 2004 12:23 AM | TrackBack