Hmm... on the other hand, this certainly gives some powerful ammunition to those who would argue the UN is a joke. I can't see that list of countries being met with anything other than "You're kidding me, right?!"
Posted at 2006-05-10 08:18:51 [PermaLink]That one sentence was pretty funny - "Venezuela's losing shows that bluster and anti-Americanism isn't enough to get elected."
On the other hand, 47 countries elected? I think that you may need to choose some countries with "non-stellar" human rights records if you choose that many.
"I can't see that list of countries being met with anything other than "'You're kidding me, right?!'"
You're so unsophisticated! Here's the approved NGO reaction...
"Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth said it was inevitable some rights foes would win seats but 'the important step is that we have made real progress' over the discredited Human Rights Commission, shut down in March."
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Sheesh
Sheesh, indeed!
If it's "inevitable" that some "rights foes" will "win seats," then there might just be something wrong with the system...
It still doesn't matter. Commission, Council, whatever. The entire UN is disfunctional and irrelevant.
Posted at 2006-05-10 11:34:11 [PermaLink]