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| US reelected to UN human rights commission |
| 2002-04-29 |
| The United States was reelected unopposed to the seat it lost on the UN Human Rights Commission last year. The United States was elected by acclamation at a meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the parent body of the Geneva-based commission. Oh? Did they get tired of leaving it in the hands of Syria and Zimbabwe? Does that mean we can fire Mary and Terje? Australia, Germany and Ireland were elected to the three other seats on the commission reserved for members of the West European group of nations which includes a handful of other western democracies. There were only four candidates for the four seats in that group. So the fix was in there, too? Wonder what the significance is, if any? Last year, the United States scored lowest among five candidates for the four seats, and was voted off the commission for the first time since the commission was established in 1947. Guess they showed us. When I was a young feller, it was only nut cases who went around saying we should dump the UN. Either I've become a nut case as I've grown older and presumably wiser, or the UN's come closer to being worth dumping. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |