The UN is becoming more stupid by the day.

[Dinner]

In an astoundingly stupid move the UN has announced they will suspend and censor the organization “Reporters without Borders” (RwB) for daring to pass out a leaflet pointing out that Libya wasn’t a very good choice to head the UN’s Commission on Human Rights. Libya was elected, over the US and Costa Rica who were also candidates, by Arab and European members of the UN during the run up to the Iraq war as a way to piss off the Americans. The current Libyan dictator is one of the most brutal and repressive regimes in the world plus he has a history of executing political rivals as well as financing terrorist attacks upon civilian airliners.

The decision means RwB will not be able to present evidence of violations of press freedoms during UN meetings, including next year's annual session.

The group's press credentials are being revoked as the result of a vote by the UN's Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc), which is in charge of accreditation. Over the last decade the UN’s Ecosoc has been packed with many of the world’s most brutal and repressive regimes as a way to head off UN inspections into their horrendous Human Rights practices. Ranking member’s on the commission include China, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Belarus.

RwB condemned the suspension, calling it a "farce of the kind that increasingly characterizes the commission on human rights".

Here’s a link to the BBC report: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3093137.stm

So know we have dictators using the UN to officially censor news groups which point out repressive human rights violations around the world. Isn’t the UN just a wonderful organization?

[Az]

[Japher]

Ranking member’s on the commission include China, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Libya, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Belarus.

Well, looking at this line-up it is no wonder.

The UN ain't worth dung, I wish the US would pull out of it and tell them to take their sheity buildings with them.

[red_jon]

Anything that irritates the US administration is a good thing, even if they are evil dictators.

[Sava]

If the UN wants to be seen as a legitimate entity that stands for peace, freedom, and diplomacy; it needs to stop playing political games. And the first order of business is getting all of those countries listed off of the UN Humans Rights' commission.

What the US did in Iraq was wrong... but this crap is just as bad.

[RGBVideo]

The current Libyan dictator is one of the most brutal and repressive regimes in the world

Where do you base this opinion?

plus he has a history of executing political rivals as well as financing terrorist attacks upon civilian airliners.

In my eyes, he seems to have finally "grown up" and stopped it. Am I wrong?

This doesn't change the fact that the decision wasn't serving it's original purpose. US is making UN pretty obsolote so they try to annoy them as much as they can before they're finally forgotten.

[Dinner]

Got to love the UN.

[RGBVideo]

Got to love the UN.

You do realise that the state in which United Nations is now is largely the fault of US politics in 80's, 90's and 21st century, right?

[DinoDoc]

Originally posted by Tuomerehu
You do realise that the state in which United Nations is now is largely the fault of US politics in 80's, 90's and 21st century, right?

Libya heading the UN Commision on Human Rights and then revoked the credintials of an organization critical of that decision is the fault of the US in what way?

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Tuomerehu
You do realise that the state in which United Nations is now is largely the fault of US politics in 80's, 90's and 21st century, right?

No, the current state of the UN has to do with it's birth coinsiding with the start of the cold war and it's institutions being set up intentionally to be nonfunctional so that neither side could use the UN to further it's cold war agenda.

[Az]

You do realise that the state in which United Nations is now is largely the fault of US politics in 80's, 90's and 21st century, right?

. The United Nations, as a world forum for international decision makers, and solver of disputes between country, rarely acted upon this function of theirs.
When the judges are themselves nations with interests, what sort of justice do you expect?

[The diplomat]

The UN is a wasteful, bureaucratic, anti-semitic, corrupt, undemocratic, unaccountable, debating society.

[mrmitchell]

The diplomat--if it weren't for *****es who voted for LIBYA (or whatever) then the UN would be great...unfortunately, some people will politicize any small ****.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by Tuomerehu
Where do you base this opinion?

I base it upon this: "plus he has a history of executing political rivals as well as financing terrorist attacks upon civilian airliners." Not to meantion the fact he locks up everyone who critisizes his tin pot dictatorship.

In my eyes, he seems to have finally "grown up" and stopped it. Am I wrong?

I'd say so. There is no statute of limitations upon murder of which Ghadafi has done on a fairly large scale. Sure he's not a blood thursty cannibal like Idi Amin but he's still a pretty rotten bastard with no redeming qualities.

To say someone has "grown up" and has cut back on his murdering and terrorism sponsoring doesn't pardon his previous actions and he should be brought to task about that. In my mind this is like letting Hitler being appointed the chair of the Jewish protection commission or something.

[yavoon]

wow I did not expect the UN's gross incompetence to be blamed on the US. course that conception was probably naive.