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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Can you believe we OPPOSE this? Probably because we're the biggest violators!

U.N. Overrules U.S. On Human Rights

UNITED NATIONS, March 15, 2006

(AP) U.N. member states ignored U.S. opposition and overwhelmingly approved a new Human Rights Council on Wednesday, attempting to strengthen the world body's machinery to deal with major human rights offenders. The 191-member General Assembly burst into sustained applause when its president, Jan Eliasson, announced the results of the vote: 170 in favor, 4 against, and 3 abstentions.
Comments:
How the flying heck can ANY civilized and advanced country be OPPOSED to human rights progression????

Lord.
 
Okay, I just read an article from UN's site on this. Looks like the US voted 'no' because this new council doesn't "go far enough".

Uhhhh, it's bigger and better than the Geneva commission... America can't even follow THAT set of rules. And now we're concerned that something that goes beyond that isn't "enough"???

Who will possibly buy that argument?
 
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