UN chief Guterres criticized for accepting Syria in Decolonization Committee top post

Saturday, February 24th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

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UN chief Antonio Guterres was criticized on Thursday by a watchdog group for failing to condemn Syria’s election to a committee charged with working towards decolonization. UN Watch called on US Ambassador Nikki Haley, and European ambassadors to condemn the world body for handing Bashar Assad’s regime what it called “a propaganda victory.” Read full article

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Brit Bob
Many of the countries of the committee have questionable track records on human rights and 21 of the 29 countries in the committee have been ranked as being ‘not free’ or ‘partly free’ by the 2014 ‘Freedom in the World’ Survey.

Falklands – UN C24 Committee:
https://www.academia.edu/11274445/Falklands_-_UN_C24_Committee
Feb 24th, 2018 - 10:08 am - Link - Report abuse +1
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Clyde15
If the decolonization committee wasn't already a joke, it is now ! Will Syria give the Kurds their own autonomous country ?
Feb 24th, 2018 - 10:50 am - Link - Report abuse +3
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darragh
Who's running the UN these days?

For rank stupidity it's only competitor is the EU.
Feb 24th, 2018 - 02:22 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
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