DISQUS

Daniel · 3 years ago

now if they were ex-human rights abusers, it would be perfect... like companies hiring "reformed" hackers to protect their networks.  but as is, it's like hiring somebody who has publically stated that they want to hack your computer to protect your computer.  which is pretty stupid.

Bat One · 3 years ago

Is there anything, anything at all, that the UN does with even a modicum of of competence or integrity?

wom · 3 years ago

I like the fact Saudi Arabia was elected. It has a country that has made great leaps in the human rights area of society. The Government has raised raised awareness on physical abuse in general through targeted campaigns. It has also initiated organizations to aid in that effort.

There's some horrible bias in the global media these days and people are just not getting the full story.

Friend of USA · 3 years ago

If one day president Bush began telling everybody; " I am Abraham Lincoln and my wife is Mary Todd Lincoln, I freed the slaves, where is my hat?"  and kept saying that non-stop, after a while we would have to remove him and maybe even put him in the crazy house, right?

Well what Kofi Hannan and most people at the UN are saying and doing  - or what they are NOT doing like say stop a few genocides - is no less crazy.

Then why the F***K don't we remove Kofi Hannan and most people at the UN and put them in the crazy house??? 

China has put dozens of bloggers in jail for posting their opinion on line!!! Cuba has put journalists in jail!!!And Kofi is happy with China and Cuba sitting at the table on human rights???!!!

Crazy alert! Crazy alert! 

ellinas · 3 years ago

US Ambassador John Bolton derided the inclusion of Cuba to the council and said it proved that Washington's concerns about the new panel, which it voted against, were justified

Where is Mr Bolton's derision and indignation for China and Saudi Arabia? Why only Cuba?