U.N. OFFICIAL ABUSING FOOD MANDATE TO TARGET AMERICA, REPORT REVEALS

U.N. OFFICIAL ABUSING FOOD MANDATE TO TARGET AMERICA, REPORT REVEALS Secretary-General Annan Urged to Condemn Jean Ziegler’s Abuse of Mandate

http://unwatch.org/speeches/PR271005.html http://www.unwatch.org/Jean_Ziegler's_Campaign_Against_America.doc

Geneva, Oct. 27, 2005 -- The U.N.’s expert on hunger, visiting New York today to present his annual report before the General Assembly, has been abusing his mandate to run a political campaign against the United States, says a report released today by UN Watch, a monitoring organization in Geneva.

Over the four-year period covered by the study, Jean Ziegler, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, censured the U.S. in 34 separate statements, accusing it, for example, of committing “genocide” in Cuba and of being an “imperialist dictatorship” responsible for all the world’s misery. In the same period, however, Mr. Ziegler made no mention of the food situation in 15 of 17 countries deemed by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization to have man-made food emergencies.

Most recently, Mr. Ziegler has accused the U.S. of “starving” Iraqis, a contention denied by the U.S. military. Mr. Ziegler opposed the U.S. intervention in Iraq, and suggested in 2003 that Switzerland offer asylum to Saddam Hussein to avoid war.

Mr. Ziegler, a former Swiss Socialist party politician, came into his U.N. office in 2000. In 2002, he was awarded the “Muammar Khadaffi Human Rights Prize,” an award he helped establish with the Libyan ruler in 1989. In 2004, Mr. Ziegler contributed an article criticizing American imperialism and the war on terror to the inaugural issue of L’Empire (“The Empire”), Europe’s first magazine dedicated to anti-Americanism. In both the article and his 2005 book, L’Empire de la Honte (“The Empire of Shame”), he used his U.N. title.

UN Watch today sent letters to U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, General Assembly President Jan Eliasson, and General Assembly Third Committee Chair Francis K. Butagira, calling on each to condemn Mr. Ziegler for his bias. A speech by Mr. Ziegler in August comparing Israelis to Nazis earned him a reprimand by Annan and Arbour, as well as protests by 70 U.S. Congressmen and the government of Canada.

“Mr. Ziegler’s overt and outrageous bias against the United States constitutes a flagrant violation of his obligations under international law to act objectively, impartially, and non-selectively,” said Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch.

“U.N. human rights experts must vigorously hold the U.S. and other countries to account for their human rights records,” said Neuer. “Yet Mr. Ziegler’s biased conduct, frivolous statements and virulent attacks against America undermine the credibility of the U.N. and the Commission on Human Rights in particular,” said Neuer. “Worst of all, Mr. Ziegler’s extremist politics are coming at the expense of the genuine needs of the world’s hungry.”

(For full text of the report, including key findings and recommendations, click here.)

****** UN Watch is a Geneva-based human rights organization founded in 1993 to monitor UN compliance with the principles of its own Charter. It is accredited as an NGO in Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).

UN RAPPORT RÉVÈLE QU’UN FONCTIONNAIRE DE L’O.N.U. ABUSE DE SON MANDAT POUR ATTAQUER LES ETATS-UNIS Le secrétariat-général des Nations-Unies Kofi Annan exhorté de condamner Jean Ziegler pour l’abus de son mandat

Communiqué de presse, pour publication immédiate Contact : Pablo Kapusta, Relations médias

Genève, 27 octobre 2005 – L’expert des Nations Unies sur la faim, Jean-Ziegler, qui visitait aujourd’hui New York pour présenter son rapport annuel devant l’assemblée générale, a abusé de son mandat pour lancer une campagne politique contre les Nations Unies, affirme un rapport publié aujourd’hui par UN Watch, une organisation contrôlant les performances des Nations-Unies basée à Genève.

Sur la période de quatre ans couverte par l’étude, Jean Ziegler, le rapporteur spécial sur le droit à l’alimentation, a critiqué les Etats-Unis dans 34 déclarations séparées, les accusant par exemple de commettre un « génocide » à Cuba et d’être une « dictature impérialiste » responsable de toute la misère du monde. Dans la même période, cependant, M. Ziegler n’a fait aucune mention de la situation de l’alimentation dans 15 des 17 Etats examinés, Etats ou il existe pourtant, selon l’Organisation des Nations-Unies pour la Nourriture et l’Agriculture, des famines produites par l’homme.

Plus récemment, M. Ziegler a accusé les Etats-Unis de « faire mourir de faim » les iraquiens, une affirmation niée par les militaires américains. M. Ziegler s’était préalablement opposé à l’intervention américaine en Irak, et avait suggéré en 2003 que la Suisse offre l’asile à Saddam Hussein pour empêcher la guerre.

M. Ziegler, un ancien politicien membre du parti socialiste Suisse, est arrivé dans les bureaux de l’O.N.U. en 2000. En 2002, il fut récompensé par le « prix des doits de l’homme Muammar Khadaffi», une récompense qu’il avait aidé à établir avec le dirigeant Lybien en 1989. En 2004, M. Ziegler a contribué à un article critiquant l’impérialisme américain et la guerre contre la terreur dans L’Empire, le premier magazine dédié à l’anti-américanisme. Dans cet article, ainsi que dans son livre publié en 2005, L’Empire de la Honte, il a utilisé son titre de l’O.N.U.

UN Watch a envoyé des lettres au secrétariat-général Kofi Annan, à la Haut-commissaire pour les droits de l’homme Louis Arbour, au président de l’Assemblée générale Jan Eliasson et au directeur du troisième comité de l’assemblée générale Francis K. Butagira, appelant chacun à condamner M. Ziegler pour son parti pris. L’ONG a aussi appelé le directeur de la commission des droits de l’homme, Makarim Wibisono, à remplacer M. Ziegler par un nouvel expert qui serait, lui, impartial. Un discours de M. Ziegler prononcé en août comparant les israéliens aux nazis lui avait déjà valu une réprimande de Annan et Arbour, ainsi que les protestations de 70 membres du Congrès américain et du gouvernement canadien.

« Le parti pris ouvert de M. Ziegler contre les Etats-Unis constitue une violation flagrante de ce que le droit international définit comme ses obligations, à savoir d’agir objectivement, impartialement, et non sélectivement », a déclaré Hillel Neuer, directeur de UN Watch.

« Les experts de l’O.N.U. doivent vigoureusement rendre responsables les Etats-Unis et d’autres pays de leur résultat concernant les droits de l’homme», a rappelé Neuer. « Cependant, la conduite biaisée de M. Ziegler, ses déclarations frivoles et ses attaques virulentes contre l’Amérique porte atteinte à la crédibilité de l’O.N.U. et en particulier à la commission sur les droits de l’homme. », a-t-il ajouté. « Pire que ça, la politique extrémiste de M. Ziegler s’effectue au dépend d’un traitement véritable de la faim dans le monde ».

***** UN Watch est une organisation basée à Genève fondée en 1993 veillant à ce que les Nations-Unies respectent les principes de sa Charte. Elle est accréditée en tant qu’ONG suivant le statut consultatif du Conseil économique et social de l’O.N.U. (ECOSOC). www.unwatch.org

Mr. Ziegler...meet Ambassador Bolton.

He'll be holding your daily a$$ kicking sessions from now on.

Good day.

2 posted on 10/30/2005 1:44:13 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)

A couple of hours ago there was an article here on some UN official or agency and their 'shock' at the state of some refugees from Katrina, and how the UN should help them out. I don't know if it was pulled or I just can't find it now. Anyway, I wonder if this is the same guy or his agency.

“Muammar Khadaffi Human Rights Prize,”

Now that is funny, along with the Sudan being head of the UN Human Rights Commission. The truly ironic thing is that if you removed American aid, advances in agricultural production developed by America, half the world would starve.

Can we not just pull the plug on this joke we call the UN. It has become nothing more than a corrupt, Anti-American, Anti-Capitalism (except for itself), Socialist, Power hungry mob. Can you imagine a One World Government under these bimbos? That is scary.

And they are still trying to get the USA to hand over control of the Internet (so they can tax it), and they want to be able to raise an Army.

Please make the bad man stop.

US OUT OF THE UN and the UN OUT OF THE US...NOW>

This is why Bolton should never be appointed to the his position at the UN. Imagine,he things that the staff at the UN SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE for their actions. First Bolton, then Miers, how much can we take? Next thing you know, Bush will want to keep Rummy. We must be forever be on watch against Bush wanting to kill our children and destroy the country. After all, he is for big oil.

In 2002, he was awarded the “Muammar Khadaffi Human Rights Prize”

Is it just me, or does this entire organization feel like a trip into the twilight zone?

We're all in the Twilight Zone together.
I forgot to include the rest of the sentence which says an award he helped establish with the Libyan ruler in 1989

In 2002, he was awarded the “Muammar Khadaffi Human Rights Prize

Scrappleface?!

The mind boggles.

L’Empire (“The Empire”), Europe’s first magazine dedicated to anti-Americanism.

Anti-American really sells in Europe. Literally.

-the “Muammar Khadaffi Human Rights Prize,” an award HE HELPED ESTABLISH with the Libyan ruler in 1989-

Har-har-har!! When a scumbag like that can't even qualify for a Nobel, the next best thing is to CREATE YOUR OWN AWARD, then give it to yourself!! Amazing!

"Jean Ziegler, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, censured the U.S. in 34 separate statements, accusing it, for example, of committing “genocide” in Cuba and of being an “imperialist dictatorship” responsible for all the world’s misery."

This is called "projection" by psychiatrists. The U.N. can't face its global wickedness honestly, so it shifts the accusation of "genocide" to the United States, the country that has kept the whole world fed for the last 5o years and exports nothing but prosperity, Democracy, denim, Coca Cola and a bunch of silly movies.

The U.N. is the revival of the Tower Of Babel.

........Jean Ziegler....censured the U.S. in 34 separate statements, accusing it, for example, of committing “genocide” in Cuba and of being an “imperialist dictatorship” responsible for all the world’s misery. In the same period....“starving” Iraqis".........

This should get a lot of airplay on CBSNBCABCCNNMSNBC and be 'top-of-the-fold' in all of this mornings papers!

Then again, they probably don't want to illustrate the stupidity and hate that motivates the clowns that run this organization.

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