Western Anger as China, Russia Elected to UN Human Rights Council and Saudi Arabia Rejected Archived Message Posted by sashimi on October 15, 2020, 9:17 am (quote) Much of the media today has been in a furor that the "world's worst abusers" (The Times) like China, Russia, and Cuba are set to join or rejoin the council. The Guardian suggested that the institution's credibility is at stake. Yet in the talk of human rights violators joining the council, the election of other states with questionable records was never discussed. Bolivia, whose murderous far-right government came to power in a U.S.-backed military coup in November, was also elected, but with no fanfare or condemnation. As was Cameroon, whose dictatorial head of state Paul Biya has been in charge of the country since Gerald Ford was president of the United States. Other states with contentious records included were Narendra Modi's India, Rodrigo Duterte's Philippines, and the Qatari dictatorship. Saudi Arabia was elected twice to the HRC between 2014-2016 and 2017-2019. Its new failure to secure more than 90 votes is a sign of increasing discontent with its policies in Yemen, declared the world's worst humanitarian disaster by the United Nations, where 24 million people (80 percent of the country) need some form of humanitarian assistance. Yet under pressure from the U.S. government, aid has been cut to just 25 cents per person, per day. The kingdom has played a key role in stymying any international action to deal with the humanitarian catastrophe, using its position at the HRC to block UN inquiries into its own abuses in Yemen. ... Ultimately, while yesterday's election is the sign of a slightly more multipolar world, the results are unlikely to seriously change the direction of the organization, with the United Nations constantly blocked from taking action unless all of the world's superpowers allow it. (/quote) -- https://www.mintpressnews.com/china-russia-elected-un-human-rights-council-saudi-arabia-rejected/271971/ Message Thread: Western Anger as China, Russia Elected to UN Human Rights Council and Saudi Arabia Rejected - sashimi October 15, 2020, 9:17 am Lol, UK Parliament voted to legalise rape, murder & torture by Brit soldiers - psingh October 15, 2020, 5:31 pm Not to mention basically legalising any crime by undercover pigs... - Sinister Burt October 15, 2020, 5:36 pm Sir Keith is all in favour of murder by cops & Brit soldiers - nm - psingh October 15, 2020, 5:53 pm No I'm not!!! - Keith-264 October 16, 2020, 2:38 pm   Searching