This is interesting.
The first clip is a speech made by a human rights activist (I think that's who it is) at a United Nations meeting. He attacks the UN for human rights violations and claims that the UN exists for the sole purpose of villifying Israel.
His remarks are stricken from the record.
The second clip is a compilation of the kind of things that are allowed through. The first clip is also found at the end.
Banned UN Speech: "Human Rights Nightmare"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhWgZu6tcZU
And the stuff that got through
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMEw0lZ3k_Y
United Nations
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Re: United Nations
Doesn't surprise me in the least. The UN has a lengthy history of being decidedly anti-Israel, as more General Assembly Resolutions have been passed condemning Israel than any other country despite many other countries have far, far worse records when it comes to human rights and looking after their own people.
I've said on a number of occasions that it's well past time to create some new international organizations that are more reflective of the early 21st century rather than the middle of the 20th. The Security Council is a joke, the Human Rights Council is even worse, the General Assembly is the watering hole of dictators and tyrants, and the Secretariat is a bloated and corrupt bureaucracy.
One of the most disappointing aspects of the Bush Administration has been its lack of institutional initiative. A lot of its prominent supporters--myself included--have called for the creation of new organizations--global and regional--that are rooted in shared common values held by the United States and its democratic allies. A truly Global Alliance of Liberal Democracies (my preferred moniker) would be a great first step in relegating the UN to the backburner and creating a new venue to seek multilateral legitimacy.
I've said on a number of occasions that it's well past time to create some new international organizations that are more reflective of the early 21st century rather than the middle of the 20th. The Security Council is a joke, the Human Rights Council is even worse, the General Assembly is the watering hole of dictators and tyrants, and the Secretariat is a bloated and corrupt bureaucracy.
One of the most disappointing aspects of the Bush Administration has been its lack of institutional initiative. A lot of its prominent supporters--myself included--have called for the creation of new organizations--global and regional--that are rooted in shared common values held by the United States and its democratic allies. A truly Global Alliance of Liberal Democracies (my preferred moniker) would be a great first step in relegating the UN to the backburner and creating a new venue to seek multilateral legitimacy.