Posted on 10/16/2014 8:17:40 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom
GENEVA — The United Nations human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, voiced outrage on Thursday that a shortage of funds might force his office to cut back on its activities at a time when he was under pressure to deal with Islamic extremists and a deadly epidemic.
Mr. Zeid identified the Ebola epidemic and the onslaught by the Islamic State as “twin plagues” that had been allowed to foment by other nations that had misread their potential to cause huge losses of life.
“I have to say I am shocked, shocked that just six weeks into the job I am already having to look at making cuts because of our current financial situation,” Mr. Zeid said in his first news conference since taking over as the United Nations high commissioner for human rights.
“Our operations are stretched to breaking point in a world that seems to be lurching from crisis to ever more dangerous crisis,” he said. [...]
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Human rights in the UN is all about bashing Israel and the West.
Cry me a river.
See if Saudi Arabia will give you some money.
Ah the Prince speaks, wants more money to do what? He should clean house first as his ‘office’ is hardly a supporter of Human Rights...wittiness the past history. However, the Prince is a United Nations insider, presently a squeaky wheel.
And just how is his office “dealing” with those things? Throwing another Mazola party in some Manhattan penthouse? Hiring some hookers to distract him and his staff from the horrors of domestic champagne and Lear jets with burns in the upholstery? Reading “Hot Zone” while he’s buggering some boy from Botswana?
If his office was entirely defunded, would anyone but the bartender at the Ritz even notice?
How will the UN be able teach the next generation to hate Jews?
Canada has greatly reduced funding to the UN, but I want it down to zero.
If he has any funding it is too much.
LOL! Excellent!
Let China, Saudi, Cuba, Gaza and some of those who are models of human rights, fund the program.
Is caviar hallel?
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