Rupert Colville, front man for the U.N. human rights
...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless...
office, told news hounds that the move followed the Paleostinians' April 2 declaration to U.N. Secretary-General
the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
that they were adopting the treaties.
In addition, Paleostine will on May 7 become party to an accord protecting children in conflict zones -- which is an optional part of the overall child rights treaty -- and on July 2 it will adopt two agreements governing civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights.
"This accession to seven core human rights treaties and a key protocol is a significant step toward enhancing the promotion and protection of human rights in Paleostine," Coville told news hounds.
"It is notable in a region with a high number of reservations to human rights treaties, that Paleostine is acceding to eight human rights treaties without making a single reservation," he added.