Pakistan elected to UN human rights council

[LurkerBaba]

Pakistan on Monday was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council, an inter-governmental body within the UN system.

Pakistan, which had the endorsement of the Asia Group, polled 171 votes, when 97 were required.

The Geneva-based Council is mandated to promote and protect human rights and prevent human rights violations.

The 47-member body is composed of 13 countries from Africa, 13 from Asia, six from Eastern Europe, eight from Latin America and the

Pakistan overwhelmingly elected to UN human rights council – The Express Tribune

 

[pmaitra]

Actually this is a good move.

Any council must be balanced.

While it is important to have members who uphold human rights, it is also important to include members who abuse human rights.

Without darkness, there is no light.

 

[prahladh]

including them into UNHRC will push Pak in the right path. Good move actually.

 

[Defenceindia2010]

UN is a joke, a union of inconvenience. This is not surprising when numerous dictatorial and extremist nations are its members who do not prescribe to democracy.

 

[Rahul92]

 

[drkrn]

Actually this is a good move.

Any council must be balanced.

While it is important to have members who uphold human rights, it is also important to include members who abuse human rights.

Without darkness, there is no light.

epic

 

[Blackwater]

Pakistan elected to UN human rights council

Its like making daku incharge of a bank

It''s like making rapist in charge of a girls hostel

 

[uvbar]

ironic

 

[maomao]

No pun intended and Jokes apart.....The biggest Human Rights violator of post WW2 is elected to UN Human Rights Council!!

Is this a gift by Obama to pakis to conduct as many genocides as possible to get rid of Blaoch and Pashtuns!

 

[Victor Sierra]

Now they can again freely cry about J&K issue. They won't have to ask US for that.

 

[prakashbioc]

UN is just a BS.

UN awarding seat to human rights violators like Pakis and keep on watching human rights violations in Sri Lanka, right from 2009 Mullivaikkal Mayhem.

Hope UN will extend its hands to J&K terrorists and NE separatists.

 

[HeinzGud]

Good for Sri Lanka

 

[maomao]

Good for Sri Lanka

Yeah you can conduct further genocide as pakis will back your blood lust with it's own! But for how long it will continue is to be seen as UN is nothing more than a stooge of the Rich and powerful....doom is near for weak and genocidal nations!

 

[abingdonboy]

Makes a mockery of the UN body as a whole. If I were Bangladeshi I'd be furious!!

 

[mikhail]

Makes a mockery of the UN body as a whole. If I were Bangladeshi I'd be furious!!

i bet the Bangladeshi have already made a formal protest against this mockery by the U.N.!

 

[W.G.Ewald]

The General Assembly today elected 18 States to serve on the Human Rights Council, the United Nations key forum for tackling entrenched human rights concerns around the world.

Those elected were Argentina, Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Estonia, Ethiopia, Gabon, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Montenegro, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, the United Arab Emirates, the United States and Venezuela. All would serve three-year terms beginning on 1 January 2013. These States are the first round of Council members whose terms of office would begin on 1 January, and not in June.

In Single Secret Ballot, General Assembly Elects 18 Member States to Serve Three-Year Terms on Human Rights Council