As Rick Moran noted  last week when learning that Iran was elected to the UN's Commission on the Status of Women, it is time to agitate for the US Out of the UN as his files "Idiotic Things Done by the UN" and "Reasons the UN Should Never, Ever, Be Taken Seriously" are too mild. Anne Bayefsky of Eye on the UN has further proof that leaving the UN is now the only serious option for those who take human rights and/or any form of decent intraplanetary government co-operation seriously. Iran's election to the UN Commission on the Status of Women on April 28, 2010 wasn't the only UN shocker that day. The Democratic Republic of Congo, Cuba, Sudan and Zimbabwe are among the dictatorships and human rights basket-cases elected to UN leadership roles and positions that entail responsibilities diametrically opposed to their qualifications. * UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations: Sudan, Cuba, China, Pakistan * UN Commission on Social Development:...(Read Full Post)