Iran Named to UN Arms Treaty Conference Group; ‘Like Choosing Bernie Madoff to Police Fraud’

Cybercast News Service ^ | July 9, 2012 | Patrick Goodenough

[Olog-hai]

Iran has been chosen as a member of the “bureau” overseeing a month-long United Nations conference in New York aimed at finalizing a controversial global “arms trade treaty.”

The move, which came as the conference got underway last week but received virtually no attention, is the latest example of Iran taking up leadership positions at the United Nations despite its defiance of Security Council resolutions relating to its nuclear program.

Furthermore, according to an expert panel monitoring U.N. sanctions on Iran, Tehran continues to flout a Security Council ban on exporting its weaponry, with Syria the main recipient.

“This is like choosing Bernie Madoff to police fraud on the stock market,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, a non-governmental monitoring group based in Geneva, which drew attention to Iran’s elevation to the conference bureau.

UN Watch is urging U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to condemn the move:

“He should remind the conference that the Security Council has imposed four rounds of sanctions on Iran for refusing to halt its prohibited nuclear program, and that Iran continues to defy the international community through illegal arms shipments to the murderous Assad regime,” Neuer said. …

[Olog-hai]

Had to edit the actual title as it appears on CNSNews.com.

Iran Named to Group Overseeing U.N. Arms Treaty Conference; ‘Like Choosing Bernie Madoff to Police Fraud’

[AU72]

And Syria is set to join the Human Rights Conference.

[GenXteacher]

US out of the UN, UN off US soil!

[Tzimisce]

Well if a bunch of terrorist states approve of this treaty, I feel a lot better. :)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Olog-hai.

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[Leep]

Keep out the Bushes and get out the UN! (useless nations)
Oh,and try to eat five fruits and veggies a day.

[Eleutheria5]

Every time I think the UN couldn’t possibly lose any more credibility, they do.