Posted on 03/27/2005 2:47:00 PM PST by quidnunc
It is time once again to mock the victims of human rights abuse. Yes, it is time for the yearly session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the group that describes itself as the ''world's foremost human rights forum" and, with no trace of irony, dares to declare that it ''continues to set the standards that govern the conduct of states."
In reality, the commission has become the clearest symbol of the UN's need to change. Today, it represents little more than a gruesome caricature of what started in the earliest days of the United Nations as an earnest effort to ensure respect for the rights of every individual on the planet.
To get an idea of the panel's moral authority, picture a project to combat crime featuring Jeffrey Dahmer and Charles Manson on its top commission.
And yet, this 61st annual session presents the world with the ideal opportunity to take constructive action. The UN Human Rights body is such a travesty that even the UN's staunchest supporters know it cries out for reform. Critics and supporters of the UN must seize this moment, with the spotlight on this preposterous organization, to work together on a solution. And the solution must include minimum standards for membership.
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the UN's need to change? the UN's NEED TO CHANGE????? You mean the UN's NEED TO DIE.
When the Moscow Glob (oops, I mean "The Boston Globe") comes out against the UN & exposes its corruption, hypocrisy, and uselessness, you just KNOW it's time to close up shop.
If you jumped into the only taxicab around late one night, and realized suddenly it was a Pinto, you MIGHT deal with it. After all, nothing bad had happened to you. You'd probably be a bit nervous, keeping an eye on the rear end, but generally, you'd rely on the driver.
However, if you jumped into a taxicab, whereupon you realized it was merely a leaky gas tank with wheels, sans brakes, driven by a madman, while his fifteen cousins tried to pick your pocket and steal your luggage, you'd probably get the hell out of the cab again and walk home alone.
The UN doesn't even rise to the level of Pinto quality. OUT OUT OUT!
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