Posted on 05/13/2013 4:57:15 PM PDT by Eleutheria5
Iran's looming status as head of a UN disarmament body sparked outrage Monday from campaigners who said its nuclear program and arming of Syria and Islamist militias disqualified it from a place at the table. “This is like putting Jack the Ripper in charge of a women's shelter,” said Hillel Neuer, head of Geneva-based UN Watch, announcing that the organization would organize protest events involving Iranian dissidents.
The leadership of the UN Conference on Disarmament rotates automatically in alphabetical order among its 65 member nations, and Iran is scheduled to take the helm on May 27 for a session running until June 23.
"Iran is an international outlaw state that illegally supplies rockets to Syria, Hezbollah, and Hamas, aiding and abetting mass murder and terrorism. To make this rogue regime head of world arms control is simply an outrage. Abusers of international norms should not be the public face of the UN," Neuer said.
The organization urged the United States, European Union and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to speak out, despite the fact that diplomatic protocol dictates who will preside over conference sessions. “When the United Nations imposes four rounds of sanctions on Iran for illicit nuclear activities, condemns it for illegally arming the murderous Syrian regime, and denounces Tehran's massive abuse of human rights, this kind of appointment just defies common sense and harms the UN's credibility," said Neuer.
Iran takes over the conference presidency from Indonesia, and at the end of June hands over to Iraq, which in turn makes way for Ireland later in the year.
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What could possibly go wrong?
Should have been out of the UN a long time ago. Mostly an organization for kleptocracies and barbarians. Guess who the barbarian states are?
It’s time to shut down the UN and get those diplomatic immunity maggots out of my country.
pretty soon we get to be the barbarians i hope cause it would be fun to “crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their bilezbotransmetrowomen”
Keep the UN but:
Slash the US “contribution” to it’s budget to $1.00 per year.
Move the HQ from New York to Somalia.
That ought to do it.
Why do we as citizens of U.S. put up with the UN?
This’ll tell ‘em:
US ambassadors to boycott UN disarmament body over Iran role
14 May 2013 7:25 AM
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/us-ambassadors-to-boycott-un-disarmament/674090.html
Crazy? No, this is perfectly normal behavior for the UN.
Long past time for the US to get out of the UN and get the UN out of the US!
Thanks Eleutheria5.
Thanks Eleutheria5.
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