May 14, 2009
The company we keep
Great news for all you UN supporters out there. The United States won a victory at the United Nations yesterday.What kind of victory, you might ask? Don't ask.The Obama White House is celebrating our election to the UN Human Rights Council.What a coup! Think of it boys and girls. We get to take a seat on a council along with other leading lights in the international human rights movement. Neil Farquhar of the New York Times gives us the names of other countries who will help us judge human rights issues:The United States won a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, joining a group that the Bush administration had pilloried. The controversy surrounding the 47-member body, which assesses the rights records of United Nations member states, was underscored by the General Assembly's re-electing other nations condemned by human rights organizations for abusing their own citizens. They include Cuba, China, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Cameroon. "We have not been perfect...(Read Full Post)