The U.N. in a Nutshell Excerpt: The 47 nations of the United Nations' new Human Rights Council were chosen Tuesday. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Guess who made the seating chart on the international agency charged with rooting out human rights violations around the world? No, not the United States, but Cuba and China, to name just a couple of countries that shouldn't be allowed to even peek inside the chambers of a human rights agency. May 11, 2006, 08:24
Rice Sics UN Security Council on Iran (by Warren Mass) While enroute to Europe on April 24 for diplomatic visits to Greece, Turkey, and Bulgaria, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged the UN Security Council to get tough on Iran for disregarding UN directives compelling answers to questions about the nation's nuclear material enrichment programs. May 9, 2006, 09:53
Iranians and Rice Trade Barbs (by Warren Mass) On April 25, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani, said that Iran would suspend its relations with the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency if the UN imposes sanctions on his country, reported Agence France-Presse. "If you decide to use sanctions against us, our relations with the agency will be suspended," stated Larijani. May 9, 2006, 09:09
Same Old U.N. Excerpt: Human Rights: The 170-4 General Assembly vote - with America on the losing side — says it all. As before, abusers will have little to fear, and those who take a stand for freedom must stand apart.... Sooner or later, the U.S. has to stop supporting this and other U.N. bodies that shirk their duties and that act firmly only when they oppose American interests. We can see a divorce down the road, and this week's vote brought it a little closer. (Get US out! of the United Nations) Mar 16, 2006, 07:51
Systemic Abusers Oversee Human Rights at U.N. Excerpt: Some of the worst human-rights violators — including China, Cuba, Libya, Sudan and Zimbabwe — are allowed to sit on the [U.N. Human Rights Commission], use it to propagandize against the U.S. and obstruct investigations into their own abuses. Mar 2, 2006, 08:30
