The Obama Administration at the UN Human Rights Council

November 5, 2010, Geneva, Switzerland

The Obama administration joined the UN Human Rights Council in one of its first foreign policy moves. As justification for what it labeled "principled engagement and strategic multilateralism," top administration officials pointed to the Council's new Universal Periodic Review (UPR) system. They called the UPR a "good mechanism" (Brimmer, Assistant Secretary of State) and "an important change" (Koh, State Department, Legal Advisor).

On Friday, November 5, 2010, senior American representatives went to Geneva to participate in the first UPR-review by the Council of the human rights record of the United States.

See for yourselves what the Obama administration foreign policy looks like in action: a human rights fraud for political ends.

Terrorism against Jews applauded and promoted at the UN

November 10, 2010, Geneva, Switzerland

On November 10, 2010, the UN "Human Rights" Council was engaged in another of its infamous "universal periodic reviews" - this time about human rights protection by Lebanon. For the occasion, Lebanon had produced a report objecting to the creation of the state of Israel.

Israel pointed out that, contrary to protecting human rights, Lebanon was actively hosting and collaborating with a terrorist organization.

But here is how the UN "human rights" world responded:



On November 15, 2010 the General Assembly's Fourth Committee adopted nine more resolutions condemning only Israel. In the course of the feeding frenzy, here is what passed for acceptable language in the heart of the UN. Obama administration representatives made no objection to anything said during this verbal assault on the Israeli diplomat - and on the purposes and principles of the United Nations.

SYRIA:

"the Palestinian people, and its legitimate struggle to liberate itself..."

"the rights under occupation to resist the occupier..."

"the occupying power...and its apartheid practices..."

"The violation by Israel of international law is...a provocative act which repeats black pages in the history of modern humanity, particularly that it reminds us of what happened at the beginning of the Second World War in Europe."

"There is no other terrorism on the surface of the planet like the terrorism committed by Israel. This entity was established on the basis of terrorism."

"Israel...threatens to use nuclear weapons."

"The leaders of Israel...are war lovers. They are teachers in provocation. They oppress others. And they send messages of apartheid and racism."

"Lebanese resistance is not terrorism."

"There is one single terrorism in the Middle East. It is the Israeli state terrorism."

LEBANON:

"Hezbollah was only a resistance movement that had the honor to resist the occupation."