Despite Brutal Crackdown on Protesters, Syria’s Election to UN Human Rights Council “All But Assured”…
The UN never manages to disappoint.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Human rights groups and a growing number of governments are working to prevent Syria from being elected to the U.N.’s top human rights body, as President Bashar Assad’s security forces crack down on pro-democracy protesters.
Syria’s election to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council is all but assured as one of four candidates selected to fill four Asian seats unless another candidate enters the race or Syria fails to win a majority of votes in the May 20 election in the 192-member General Assembly.
Since the 53-member Asian Group endorsed its slate — which also includes India, Indonesia and the Philippines — for the council in January, rights groups and some governments have engaged in a behind-the-scenes effort to keep Syria off the council.
Those efforts have gathered steam since a crackdown on pro-democracy protests since mid-March has left more than 350 dead and hundreds wounded, diplomats said.
One diplomat involved in the process, speaking on condition of anonymity because the consultations are private, said he was confident that another country would be found to contest the election but declined to say which countries were being pursued.
Posted by ZIP on Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at 10:29 am | 
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So exactly whose human rights is the UN out to protect? They’ve made it abundantly clear that they don’t care about non-Muslims, but here they’re throwing Muslims actively getting abused by their government under the bus.
The UN and human rights are nothing but a big joke.. i mean come on look at everyone they give a pass too.. its freaking crazy.
In the Obama world that we live in these are truths:
People who commit war crimes are not guilty of committing war crimes.
People who do not commit war crimes need to be investigated for committing war crimes.
Therefore, people who commit war crimes cannot be guilty and therefore need to be placed in associations that oversee the others as these others cannot be trusted not to commit war crimes.
World War 2 and the cold war are long over
The UN is just an abandoned mansion turned crack house inhabited by Allah junkies.
Time we quit paying the taxes
And Bashir Assad has won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award.
Oooh look.
Hadji is having his period