The United Nations - Incapable of a helpful role
Published Sat, Nov 18 2006 1:57 PM
Technorati Tags: News and Politics, United Nations
John Bolton knocks one out of the park. We need this man to stay at the U.N.
From Calcutta News.Net via Sister Toldjah:
Bolton was furious over the adoption by the General Assembly of a resolution which said the assembly regretted the deaths of 19 civilians in an attack by the Israeli military in the town of Beit Hanoun last week.
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"Many of the sponsors of that resolution are notorious abusers of human rights themselves, and were seeking to deflect criticism of their own policies," he said.
"This type of resolution serves only to exacerbate tensions by serving the interests of elements hostile to Israel's inalienable and recognized right to exist."
"This deepens suspicions about the United Nations that will lead many to conclude that the organization is incapable of playing a helpful role in the region," Bolton continued.
"In a larger sense, the United Nations must confront a more significant question, that of its relevance and utility in confronting the challenges of the 21st century. We believe that the United Nations is ill served when its members seek to transform the organization into a forum that is a little more than a self-serving and a polemical attack against Israel or the United States," he said.
"The Human Rights Council has quickly fallen into the same trap and de-legitimized itself by focusing attention exclusively on Israel. Meanwhile, it has failed to address real human rights abuses in Burma, Darfur, the DPRK, and other countries," Bolton charged.
"The problem of anti-Israel bias is not unique to the Human Rights Council. It is endemic to the culture of the United Nations. It is a decades-old, systematic problem that transcends the whole panoply of the UN organizations and agencies," he continued.
The United States, and Australia joined Israel in voting against the motion, together with four small Pacific island nations. All countries in Europe, including Britain, voted to support the resolution.
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The resolution was taken to the General Assembly after the United States used its veto to squash a similar motion in the Security Council. It was the 31st time the U.S. had used its veto at the UN to stop resolutions concerning Israel and the Palestinians.
Time after time the United Nations has shown itself to be incapable of condemning real atrocities and abuses. Time after time the United Nations has shown itself to be corrupt and self-serving. Time after time U.N. "peacekeepers" have turned a blind eye to the acts of evil going on in front of them, and have even participated in those acts of evil.
Europe and Great Britain should be ashamed of themselves for supporting this pathetically transparent attempt to blame Israel for the problems in the Middle East, while holding the Palestinians up as models of how the world should behave.
The United Nations is long past the time when it was a useful agent for good in the world.
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