Syria Drops Bid for Seat on UN Human Rights Council

[oberliner]

Syria has dropped its controversial bid for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council. There has been growing international pressure for Syria to withdraw its bid as its two-month military crackdown on peaceful anti-government protesters continues.

Syrian U.N. envoy Bashar Ja’afari said his delegation and Kuwait’s called for the meeting of countries belonging to the so-called Asian Group to inform them the two governments had made an agreement between themselves to trade candidacy slots.

Kuwait will now run for the 2011 to 2013 term and Syria will postpone its candidacy and take Kuwait’s place on the slate for the 2014 to 2016 term.

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Syria-Drops-Bid-for-Seat-on-UN-Human-Rights-Council-121652464.html

This topic had been discussed here previously.

[LeftishBrit]

1. Good - talk about a fox applying to guard the henhouse.

[oberliner]

3. Isn't Kuwait also run by an unelected dictator?

I know it's not as bad as Syria, but still...

[LeftishBrit]

4. Yes, the UNHRC is hard to take seriously due to some of its membership. Sadly.

[azurnoir]

2. well good for Syria but only in so far as the UNHRC goes

really I'd rather see Assad stop killing and imprisoning his own people and do as they ask which at this I believe is to step down from office

[Mosby]

6. +1

[bemildred]

5. Good. nt

[King_David]

7. That's beside the point

The real joke is that the UNHRC was actually considering Syria's candidacy.

The UNHRC is a JOKE ( Goldstone anyone ?)