un incidents

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/russia-ban-ki-moon-gay-rights_us_585187c1e4b0ee009eb4e9b7 Russia Blocks U.N. Council Bid To Thank Ban Ki-Moon For Gay Rights Work I don't get why Russia would expend political capital like that. Don't they want to be seen as more pro-gressive and not...

Yup, that's long-time firebrand Matthew Lee (not the guy of the same name who sits in State department press conferences) who had an office in the UN building for who knows how many years:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=karQQb-B8Uk Thoughts etc...?

Remind me why the UN has credibility again? http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/29/elects-iran-commission-womens-rights/ Other UN ironies include Libya chairing a human rights council and Zimbabwe chairing a council on sustainable development. From Iran Solidarity Blog:

Suspend Uranium Enrichment, or we shall demand you suspend it a second time... Maybe...just maybe it will work this time! :rolleyes:

I guess he has been through a lot of stress lately. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1543360,00.html

France opposes UN Sudan sanctions The US is taking the hardest (in a world of marshmallows, a gumdrop is the toughest, I suppose) line against the genocide, which is that it wants to give the Sudanese 30 more days in which to put an end to the violence before stepping up sanctions. France...