Friday, October 21, 2011

Can't disagree with this

Whatever one may think of the manner in which Colonel Gaddafi was disposed of, one cannot disagree with this call for the UN Human Rights Council member, Jean Ziegler's resignation for founding the Moammar Kaddafi Human Rights Prize. Nor is there anything terribly wrong about calling
on UN chief Ban Ki-moon and human rights commissioner Navi Pillay to acknowledge the UN was wrong to support Gaddafi by granting him key posts on its most influential bodies.
This blog has discussed the subject from time to time, notably here and here also here and here on EUReferendum. I must admit I do not expect those acknowledgements and apologies to materialize.

2 comments:

  1. Very sad:

    http://www.eyeontheun.org/un-authority-figures.asp?p=1403

    http://www.unwomen.org/2010/11/united-nations-elects-executive-board-of-new-agency-for-womens-empowerment/

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  2. Yes well. Mostly, I think the UN's demise is even more important than that of the EU. It's a close call.

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