Friday, January 12, 2007

The United Nations at Work?

BBC Online is mentioning here, that Russia and China have vetoed a Security Council resolution calling on Burma to end it's human rights abuses. The two countries reasoned that the situation in Burma was not a threat to international security.

The two countries' ambassadors said the resolution was outside the remit of the Security Council. It is the first time that the countries have jointly vetoed a resolution since 1972. Non-permanent member South Africa also vetoed, but it was unanimously decided by all those concerned that that doesn't really matter...

I was going to make a list of the consistent violations of the UN Human Rights Charter that Burma, or maybe I'll just call it Myanmar, has committed... But to be honest, I can't be bothered... Kind of the like the UN I guess...

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