United Nations Human Rights Council

I knew the UN Human Rights Council was as corrupt as hell, but it wasn't until I read the Jerusalem Post last week, which told me that:

1. This council has only ever passed 8 resolutions condemning human rights abuses, and
2. ALL of these have been against one country, ISRAEL.


"By the beginning of 2007, the Council had spent much of its three regular meetings and four special sessions focusing almost exclusively on the actions of only one country, Israel. The Council has passed eight resolutions condemning Israel, and none condemning any other country. More resolutions targeting Israel have been proposed for the upcoming session."

"The new UN Human Rights Council has specifically condemned only one country, Israel. It voted on 30 June 2006 to make a review of alleged human rights abuses by Israel a permanent feature of every council session. The Council’s special rapporteur on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is its only expert mandate with no year of expiry. The resolution, which was sponsored by Organization of the Islamic Conference, passed by a vote of 29 to 12 with five abstentions. Israel, the United States and some human rights groups raised concerns about this revival of a practice of the UN's discredited former Commission on Human Rights."

Thank goodness therefore for UN Watch and its great spokesman, Hillel Neuer. Just the other day, he stood up and roundly condemned the UNHRC, their blatant bias and disregard for the human rights of all people across the world, including the Palestinians. Here's what he said:



So what of the mass murder, rape and genocide in Darfur? What do they have to say about this? Answer: NOTHING. What do they have to say about indiscriminate rocket attacks by Hamas (ruling party) and Hizbollah on Israel? Answer: NOTHING.

And the reply of the sitting president?

"REPLY BY U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT LUIS ALFONSO DE ALBA:

For the first time in this session I will not express thanks for that statement. I shall point out to the distinguished representative of the organization that just spoke, the distinguished representative of United Nations Watch, if you'd kindly listen to me. I am sorry that I'm not in a position to thank you for your statement. I should mention that I will not tolerate any similar statements in the Council. The way in which members of this Council were referred to, and indeed the way in which the council itself was referred to, all of this is inadmissible. In the memory of the persons that you referred to, founders of the Human Rights Commission, and for the good of human rights, I would urge you in any future statements to observe some minimum proper conduct and language. Otherwise, any statement you make in similar tones to those used today will be taken out of the records."

Denying Darfur: UN Watch Confronts Sudan and Allies:




As always, an inherent double standard is applied to Israel and the rest of the world. It would be funny if it wasn't so perverse. The UN is a sick joke.