The UN is beyond rediculous! Libya to chair Human Rights Commission

[BMdoobieW]

rediculous

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Hmm, didn't we discuss this issue like a year ago? I'll be back with a link.

Update: Hmm, didn't find anything, but I distinctly remember discussing this issue(at that time I believe Libya was thought to soon be the next HRC chair) perhaps in the summer.

Anyway, long story short:

The HRC gets passed on from 1 region of the world to another

Within a Region 2 countries need to nominate the next Chair(main reason why Israel never has and likely never will be chair...their region hates them)

Khaddaffy has for the most part changed his ways

Yadda yadda yadda, Libya wins the chair.

I think you may be referring to the time when Syria became a member of the security council.

 

[SnapIT]

Originally posted by: BMdoobieW
rediculous

yup, you won the spelling competition, how proud you must be...

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: ThePresence

Originally posted by: sandorski
Hmm, didn't we discuss this issue like a year ago? I'll be back with a link.

Update: Hmm, didn't find anything, but I distinctly remember discussing this issue(at that time I believe Libya was thought to soon be the next HRC chair) perhaps in the summer.

Anyway, long story short:

The HRC gets passed on from 1 region of the world to another

Within a Region 2 countries need to nominate the next Chair(main reason why Israel never has and likely never will be chair...their region hates them)

Khaddaffy has for the most part changed his ways

Yadda yadda yadda, Libya wins the chair.

I think you may be referring to the time when Syria became a member of the security council.

No, I distinctly remember Khadaffi being a major part of the discussion.

 

[exp]

*shrug* This should not surprise anyone. Once the UNHRC became a club for human rights abusers like Libya & China it was inevitable that one of them would eventually be appointed to head the clique. Now we can expect a long series of similar offenders--Syria, China, S.A., and so forth--to file in and maintain control of the chair indefinitely. Personally, I like the move b/c the HRC wasn't doing anything of value anyway...at least this way the mindblowing absurdity of the UN is made even more visible to the world populace (and Americans in particular).

It's nice to see anti-UN sentiment rising so quickly here in America. With the current economic crisis I think more and more people are realizing that the U.S. can hardly afford to waste billions of dollars propping up this oh-so-irrelevant institution. We should give the UN six months to leave town and then put that money to use where it is most needed--education, low-cost housing, etc.

 

[MinorityReport]

Originally posted by: exp
*shrug* This should not surprise anyone. Once the UNHRC became a club for human rights abusers like Libya & China it was inevitable that one of them would eventually be appointed to head the clique. Now we can expect a long series of similar offenders--Syria, China, S.A., and so forth--to file in and maintain control of the chair indefinitely. Personally, I like the move b/c the HRC wasn't doing anything of value anyway...at least this way the mindblowing absurdity of the UN is made even more visible to the world populace (and Americans in particular).

It's nice to see anti-UN sentiment rising so quickly here in America. With the current economic crisis I think more and more people are realizing that the U.S. can hardly afford to waste billions of dollars propping up this oh-so-irrelevant institution. We should give the UN six months to leave town and then put that money to use where it is most needed--education, low-cost housing, etc.

United Nations scale of assessments are essentially determined on the basis of the economic strength of each country (the proportion of the world-wide economy for which it accounts) with various adjustments

US is rich hence they pay by % of GDP.

And who said billions ?? This is what US pays every year .. Read here

So it is very very low % of US GDP the money paid to UN.
However US GDP being highest in world, it seems higher COMPARED to other nations in overall monetary values.

Actually GOP raised more money than what US paid to UN this year.

Add the incomes of Cheney, Ashcroft, Rumlsfeld, Bush family, all the thieves and corrupt people they support, the contribution to UN will seem poor.