I think it's stupid that we continue to fund and honor an organization of this caliber.
U.N. Disarmament Body Taps Iran as Vice Chairman
This week, the U.N. Disarmament Commission re-elected Iran as its vice-chair, reports the U.S. Senate's Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security on its official web site.
A majority of U.N. member states decided to allow Iran to remain in this position despite the fact the U.N. Security Council declared Iran has violated the non-proliferation resolutions the Commission is charged to promote, laments the subcommittee.
At the same time, another state sponsor of terrorism, Syria, was selected to be the Commission’s rapporteur to record and document the Commission’s work.
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Two weeks earlier, the U.N. Human Rights Council announced it would no longer examine the human rights abuses in Iran, the subcommittee further noted.
These abuses are describe by the Department of State’s "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices" as including summary executions (including minors), torture (including amputations, eye-gouging, floggings), and severe restrictions of religious and political freedoms.
Key U.N. Facts:
The U.S. taxpayer annually gives the U.N. system over $5.3 billion.
At least $2.24 million of this money goes to the U.N. Disarmament Commission.
At least $18.28 million of this money goes to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights which provides staffing and logistical support to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Less than half (46 percent) of the countries voting in the General Assembly are democracies accountable to their citizens.
U.N. Disarmament Body Taps Iran as Vice Chairman
This week, the U.N. Disarmament Commission re-elected Iran as its vice-chair, reports the U.S. Senate's Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security on its official web site.
A majority of U.N. member states decided to allow Iran to remain in this position despite the fact the U.N. Security Council declared Iran has violated the non-proliferation resolutions the Commission is charged to promote, laments the subcommittee.
At the same time, another state sponsor of terrorism, Syria, was selected to be the Commission’s rapporteur to record and document the Commission’s work.
Story Continues Below
Two weeks earlier, the U.N. Human Rights Council announced it would no longer examine the human rights abuses in Iran, the subcommittee further noted.
These abuses are describe by the Department of State’s "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices" as including summary executions (including minors), torture (including amputations, eye-gouging, floggings), and severe restrictions of religious and political freedoms.
Key U.N. Facts:
The U.S. taxpayer annually gives the U.N. system over $5.3 billion.
At least $2.24 million of this money goes to the U.N. Disarmament Commission.
At least $18.28 million of this money goes to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights which provides staffing and logistical support to the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Less than half (46 percent) of the countries voting in the General Assembly are democracies accountable to their citizens.