Just another reason to be glad we helped re-elect President Bush:
The United States will not run for a United Nations Human Rights Council seat in the Council’s first election, scheduled for May 9, 2006. There are strong candidates in our regional group, with long records of support for human rights, that voted in favor of the resolution creating the Council. They should have the opportunity to run.
Since the drafting of the United Nations Charter, the United States has led the effort to promote human rights at the UN. From Eleanor Roosevelt’s championing of the cause of human rights to the present day, our nation has led and must continue to lead at the UN and around the world. We will continue to do so.
As we said when voting on the Human Rights Council resolution March 15, the United States will work cooperatively with other Member States to make the Council as strong and effective as possible. We will support the Council and we will continue to fund it. We will work closely with partners in the international community to encourage the Council to address serious cases of human rights abuse in countries such as Iran, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Burma, Sudan, and North Korea.
Since the credibility of the Council depends on its membership, the United States will actively campaign on behalf of candidates genuinely committed to the promotion and protection of human rights, and which will act as responsible members of this new body. We will also actively campaign against states that systematically abuse human rights.
With a strong collective effort in the coming months to make the new Council effective, the United States will likely run for the Council next year.
Stripped of its diplomatic niceties, what we've got here is a refusal of the United States to provide legitimacy to a human rights panel which would still allow human rights violators to sit on the panel.
At bottom, what we have here is the full justification for our complete withdrawal from the UN - it is a sick joke of an organization, and it is unworkable as long as any tyrannical nations are allowed membership. My hope is that some day, some way we'll get to a Union of Democratic Nations, which would be a collective security body for the defense of liberty, rather than the UN's asisine charter to respect national sovereignty, even when the power in control of the sovereignty is a usurping power.
I'm going to take this as a small, first step towards getting US out of UN.
Posted by Mark Noonan at April 7, 2006 07:30 PM
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Perhaps if this Administration didn't openly support & authorize torture of prisoners, your argument would carry more weight.
Posted by: maf53 at April 7, 2006 07:38 PM
Mark,
You are aware that the UN's purpose is to make nations work together to avoid wars and strive for peaceful solutions to world conflicts, and try and end human civil rights violatons, right?
Just another reason to be glad that we re-elected President Bush:
Yeah, thanks to the Chimp and his freakshow Administration, we have lost most of our world respect and torture is now the American way.
Aren't you just so proud of this f**k up?
Posted by: teenage liberal at April 7, 2006 07:54 PM
Bolton is afraid that the USA won't get elected because of our record in Iraq. Peace
Posted by: steve at April 7, 2006 08:07 PM
Ah, you must be a teen. Did you know that United Nations peacekeepers routinely rape children?
Did you know that the worst human rights abusers serve on the council?
Did you know that the Oil for Food program is the worst scandal in history.
Get off the board and read.
Posted by: Kate at April 7, 2006 08:07 PM
Teenager, You are right on about the stated purpose of the UN. You are also right that the US has ruined it's world image by its arrogance and me first last and only attitude. Don't listen to bitter xenophobes like Kate.
Posted by: Ash at April 7, 2006 08:42 PM
No, teenage liberal, please listen to Kate. Even if your views about the UN are different from hers, at least accept the fact that the UN has its problems and scandals. Most of what Kate says is undeniable truth. Avoiding the issue is not a good stance. Don't pretend that the UN is guiltless.
Posted by: Omega Destructor at April 7, 2006 08:55 PM
You are all correct.
And incorrect.
The United States created the United Nations at the end of the Second World War, in an attempt to bring all nations together and prevent further disputes from being solved by force of arms.
It is a sin and shame that the United States, by neglect and indifference, has allowed this forum to degenerate to the point where human rights violators control the tribunal for human rights, and where criminals like Saddam have to be taken out by military actions, with all the sacrifice that such actions entail.
The United States should not abandon the UN. It should retake control of it, banish the corruption, and restore its function.
Posted by: The Small Town hick at April 7, 2006 09:01 PM
The United Nations is obsolete and irrelevant, and have been for years.
The Human Rights Council is an international joke.
Posted by:
shoelimpy™ at April 7, 2006 09:38 PM
Ah, you must be a teen. Did you know that United Nations peacekeepers routinely rape children?
Oh they do? What an absurd comment. That's like saying black people routinely rob liquor stores...
Did you know that the worst human rights abusers serve on the council?
Who are the worst human rights abusers? 40 years ago we were in that bunch, but you guys just like to convieniently forget segregation and slavery and all that hullabulloo
Did you know that the Oil for Food program is the worst scandal in history.
Uhh there have been far worse scandals in history sweetie. I would argue the Harding scandals were worse, but I'm sure there are hundreds of others that affected more people...
You have got to be the dumbest person I have ever read, definitely a fine example of the republican viewpoint.
Posted by: steve at April 7, 2006 09:57 PM
When has the United States ever been one of the worst human rights abusers in the world?
Never. If you think that try spending a day in China or Singapore or Thailand, get up close and personal with the disgusting filth that exists there, then come back here and tell me that anything the United States does compares.
Liberals who say things like this make me sick.
Posted by:
shoelimpy™ at April 7, 2006 10:27 PM
How can two groups of individuals who are fairly smart see the world in such stark contrasting ways?
The United Nations is EVIL!!!
The United States led by a Republican is the Anti-Christ in geo-political form!!!
Bottomline: The United States did create the United Nations. The United Nations treated the United States with contempt for years, unless there is a Democrat in the White House. The only difference I can see is that Republicans are willing to call out the United Nations AND carry/use a big stick. The Democrats speak about how great the United Nations is while doing all sorts of horrible things in the name of Humanity WHILE carrying/using a big stick.
The United Nations, from charter through the Cold War, was our last best hope for peace. Now it's just a joke led by people who are looking to become wealthy (how many billions did Kofi's kid get from Iraq?).
And the problem with the organization wasn't the United States.
Posted by: wawilliyo at April 7, 2006 10:49 PM
shoelimp,
Ever been to East St. Louis? Sure East St. Louis isn't as bad as, say Darfur. But it is within the borders of the richest (monetarily) nation in history of mankind. So one might make the argument that by scale East Side is right up there with Somalia or Sudan.
Posted by: Ash at April 8, 2006 12:47 AM
Would the U.S also help to council to stop human rights violations by....the U.S and the death squads the U.S gov't sponsers?
Posted by: M.W.L at April 8, 2006 05:40 PM
Ash,
And what political Party and ideology has been running East Saint Louis for decades?
Don't try to hang that municipal disaster on America - its entirely the fault of liberalism.
Posted by: Mark Noonan at April 8, 2006 06:24 PM
MWL,
If we had death squads, then you wouldn't be alive.
Q.E.D.
Posted by: Mark Noonan at April 8, 2006 06:24 PM
How do you figure that? Mark?
Are you saying liberals aren't American. Have you ever been there? Which was the question.
Posted by: Ash at April 8, 2006 07:22 PM
And actually the problems in East St. Louis started with white flight. Ever heard of that Mark?
Posted by: Ash at April 8, 2006 07:25 PM
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Perhaps if this Administration didn't openly support & authorize torture of prisoners, your argument would carry more weight.
Mark,
You are aware that the UN's purpose is to make nations work together to avoid wars and strive for peaceful solutions to world conflicts, and try and end human civil rights violatons, right?
Just another reason to be glad that we re-elected President Bush:
Yeah, thanks to the Chimp and his freakshow Administration, we have lost most of our world respect and torture is now the American way.
Aren't you just so proud of this f**k up?
Bolton is afraid that the USA won't get elected because of our record in Iraq. Peace
Ah, you must be a teen. Did you know that United Nations peacekeepers routinely rape children?
Did you know that the worst human rights abusers serve on the council?
Did you know that the Oil for Food program is the worst scandal in history.
Get off the board and read.
Teenager, You are right on about the stated purpose of the UN. You are also right that the US has ruined it's world image by its arrogance and me first last and only attitude. Don't listen to bitter xenophobes like Kate.
No, teenage liberal, please listen to Kate. Even if your views about the UN are different from hers, at least accept the fact that the UN has its problems and scandals. Most of what Kate says is undeniable truth. Avoiding the issue is not a good stance. Don't pretend that the UN is guiltless.
You are all correct.
And incorrect.
The United States created the United Nations at the end of the Second World War, in an attempt to bring all nations together and prevent further disputes from being solved by force of arms.
It is a sin and shame that the United States, by neglect and indifference, has allowed this forum to degenerate to the point where human rights violators control the tribunal for human rights, and where criminals like Saddam have to be taken out by military actions, with all the sacrifice that such actions entail.
The United States should not abandon the UN. It should retake control of it, banish the corruption, and restore its function.
The United Nations is obsolete and irrelevant, and have been for years.
The Human Rights Council is an international joke.
Ah, you must be a teen. Did you know that United Nations peacekeepers routinely rape children?
Oh they do? What an absurd comment. That's like saying black people routinely rob liquor stores...
Did you know that the worst human rights abusers serve on the council?
Who are the worst human rights abusers? 40 years ago we were in that bunch, but you guys just like to convieniently forget segregation and slavery and all that hullabulloo
Did you know that the Oil for Food program is the worst scandal in history.
Uhh there have been far worse scandals in history sweetie. I would argue the Harding scandals were worse, but I'm sure there are hundreds of others that affected more people...
You have got to be the dumbest person I have ever read, definitely a fine example of the republican viewpoint.
When has the United States ever been one of the worst human rights abusers in the world?
Never. If you think that try spending a day in China or Singapore or Thailand, get up close and personal with the disgusting filth that exists there, then come back here and tell me that anything the United States does compares.
Liberals who say things like this make me sick.
How can two groups of individuals who are fairly smart see the world in such stark contrasting ways?
The United Nations is EVIL!!!
The United States led by a Republican is the Anti-Christ in geo-political form!!!
Bottomline: The United States did create the United Nations. The United Nations treated the United States with contempt for years, unless there is a Democrat in the White House. The only difference I can see is that Republicans are willing to call out the United Nations AND carry/use a big stick. The Democrats speak about how great the United Nations is while doing all sorts of horrible things in the name of Humanity WHILE carrying/using a big stick.
The United Nations, from charter through the Cold War, was our last best hope for peace. Now it's just a joke led by people who are looking to become wealthy (how many billions did Kofi's kid get from Iraq?).
And the problem with the organization wasn't the United States.
shoelimp,
Ever been to East St. Louis? Sure East St. Louis isn't as bad as, say Darfur. But it is within the borders of the richest (monetarily) nation in history of mankind. So one might make the argument that by scale East Side is right up there with Somalia or Sudan.
Would the U.S also help to council to stop human rights violations by....the U.S and the death squads the U.S gov't sponsers?
Ash,
And what political Party and ideology has been running East Saint Louis for decades?
Don't try to hang that municipal disaster on America - its entirely the fault of liberalism.
MWL,
If we had death squads, then you wouldn't be alive.
Q.E.D.
How do you figure that? Mark?
Are you saying liberals aren't American. Have you ever been there? Which was the question.
And actually the problems in East St. Louis started with white flight. Ever heard of that Mark?