Ken Berwitz
For years I have considered “UN” to stand for “Useless and Neutered”.
There are many reasons why. But few as starkly clear as this.
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is now in its 10th year of existence. During that time, it has issued a total of 116 condemnations to all of the countries of the world combined.
Here is the list of those countries, and how many condemnations it has issued to each:
Total UNHRC Condemnations, 2006-2015
Israel: 61
Syria: 15
Myanmar: 12
North Korea: 8
Iran: 5
Belarus: 4
Eritrea: 3
Sri Lanka: 3
Sudan: 2
Libya: 2
Honduras: 1
That is not a partial list, folks. That is the sum total of them all.
Israel has been condemned 61 times. The entire rest of the world – almost 200 other countries – a combined total of 55.
Israel, let me remind you, is a country with a 20% Arab population which enjoys rights and privileges as Israeli citizens that no Arab country on earth provides them, where women are treated as human beings rather than chattels, where people of different sexual orientations are free to be who they are, and where people of different faiths are free to practice their faiths openly.
How many other countries on earth can say the same? Not many. But, 61 condemnations later (and counting), the UNHRC apparently has not noticed.
By comparison, Syria, where no one is free, and between 250,000 and 300,000 are dead with countless others fleeing, because the mass murdering government of bashar al-assad is trying to keep up the killing with ISIS? One quarter the number of Israel.
North Korea, arguably the single most repressive government on planet earth? 8 condemnations.
Iran, arguably the single most prolific promulgator of terrorism in the world, and a county specifically committed to obliterating Israel? A grand total of 5 condemnations. Given its commitment to rid the world of Israel, I\’m surprised the UNHRC hasn\’t issued Iran a few commendations instead.
Libya, a freedomless joke with a barely functioning “government”, infested with terrorists of every cut and stripe? 2 condemnations.
Do you see any condemnations at all of Afghanistan? Yemen? Like Libya, both are virtually freedomless countries with “governments” which barely function at all, infested with terrorists, where people are being killed at random. But not one condemnation. They are not a problem to the UN.
How about Nigeria, where Boko Haram kills with gleeful abandon while the government, such as it is, does little or nothing about it? Nope, that\’s not significant enough.
And what about human rights bungholes like China? Cuba? Pakistan? Saudi Arabia? Oh, never mind those…they are members of the UNHRC.
Anyone still wondering why I characterize the UN as Useless and Neutered? I hope for your sake the answer is no.
