Friday, August 31, 2012

Sudan withdraws candidacy for UN rights council

Azerbaijan is who the US Government wants to give part of Iran to.
Gee, "We" always back the best people don't "We"
And once again we have our favorite "Emo-child" Israel, sucking up all the attention don't we.



"Sudan joins notorious rights violators Syria, Iran, Belarus, Sri Lanka and Azerbaijan whose hypocritical aspirations to sit on the Council have properly led to embarrassing retreat," he said.

The Geneva-based council was created in March 2006 to replace the U.N.'s widely discredited and highly politicized Human Rights Commission. But the Human Rights Council has also been widely criticized for failing to change many of the commission's practices, including putting much more emphasis on Israel than on any other country and electing candidates accused of serious human rights violations.

Much of the blame lies in the U.N. system where regional groups select candidates for seats on U.N. bodies, often based on which country is next in line, not on merit. In many instances,