"All right people move along. Nothing to see here."
Posted on 06/20/2007 2:15:39 PM PDT by Enchante
HAVANA - Cuba on Wednesday cheered the new U.N. human rights watchdog's agreement to stop monitoring alleged abuses on the island, with Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque saying the decision left the United States "hanging and we yanked away the ladder." ADVERTISEMENT
The U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva agreed Tuesday to discontinue investigations into the rights situation in Cuba and Belarus, but to continue monitoring Israel. The move drew immediate fire from the U.S., which has crusaded to focus attention on the human rights situation in Cuba.
At a news conference, Perez Roque called the decision "a resounding, undisputed and historic victory" that "defeats the manipulations of the United States against Cuba in Geneva."
"I can understand the annoyance of the Bush regime. I can understand its feelings of frustration that, in the end, a little island in its way has won victory and gained the support of the international community," Perez Roque said.
State Department spokesman Sean McCormack earlier issued a statement that the United States was "disappointed" by an agreement it considered "seriously flawed."
Cuba has refused to allow visits to the island by most international rights monitors, including those assigned by the previous U.N. rights watchdog agency.
Cuba says it respects human rights more than many wealthy nations do by guaranteeing broad social services including largely free health care, housing and education, and heavily subsidized food and transportation.
The foreign minister said the government has made "enormous advances in economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights."
"That doesn't mean we don't recognize imperfections and we don't have goals and dreams that are much higher than what we've accomplished," he said of human rights. "But we believe that no one in the world can say that their situation is perfect."
The “new” UN Human Rights Council is just as hideous as the old one, maybe worse.
So they will continue to bash Israel while kissing up to Cuba, Iran, Syria, all of the Arab League and Islamo-fascist hellholes, Burma, North Korea, not to mention the PRC, and all of the world’s worst regimes.
"All right people move along. Nothing to see here."
That’s just sicko.
Of course, even for most of the countries they “monitor” little effort is expended except to bash Israel endlessly.... how interesting that the NY Slimes does not even mention that Israel is still on the “monitor” list while Cuba has been freed of any scrutiny.
Why are we giving these people money again?
“how interesting that the NY Slimes does not even mention that Israel is still on the “monitor” list”
Yeah, that too! I guess they didn’t want to give their Jewish readers a reason to leave the Borg.
Almost worth a comparison thead, comparing AP, CNN, etc. to New York Times.
Largely "free" and largely worthless.
And I foolishly keep believing that these people can’t do anything more insane than the last thing they did........
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