Libya Heads UN Human Rights Group
Charles Johnson
Mon Jan 20, 2003 at 2:27 pm PST • Views: 175
Did we need any more evidence that the United Nations is nothing but a hopelessly incompetent, hopelessly corrupt puppet organization for the world’s killers and dictators? No? Well, we have some anyway: Libya Elected to Chair U.N. Human Rights Body.
The Libyan candidate, diplomat and former journalist Najat al-Hajjaji, won 33 votes in a secret ballot of the 53-country Commission, with 17 states abstaining and three voting no — apparently including the United States.
“This is not a defeat for the United States, this is a defeat for the Human Rights Commission,” said U.S. ambassador Kevin E. Moley.
This isn’t a surprise, by the way; we first reported this abomination last August.
Frank says: