The Obama Administration is leading a push among a number of Western states to remove Syria from the “Committee on Conventions and Recommendations,” a human rights panel for UNESCO.
“We should not allow the Syrian regime to stand as a judge of other countries’ human rights record,” said US Ambassador David Killion. Exactly how much influence the US has at UNESCO is unclear though, since it defunded the organization to punish them for granting membership to Palestine.
The move is part of what Western officials say is a push for a “peace plan,” which involves Syrian President Bashar al-Assad accepting a Yemen-style solution to replace him with his deputy, apparently seen as a preferred dictator.
Elsewhere, the Red Cross reported today that the head of Syria’s Arab Red Crescent organization was shot and killed outside of Damascus. His vehicle was clearly marked and he was leaving a meeting at Red Crescent headquarters.
and while the US is at it it should resign from the UN security council or at the least Never use its veto again.
Hypocracy isnt something that Syria has an exclusive pervue of in the UN.
It is an all to comment state of affairs there and the US maybe the most hypocritical of them all!
"We should not allow the Syrian regime to stand as a judge of other countries human rights record….."
You're kidding! Right? That's a sort of sick joke coming from the likes of these.
Oh, lord, this takes Chutzpah!
Hey, look who's talking about human rights. After killing thousands upon thousands(OF HUMANS) and forcing millions to leave their country and seek migration you would think these people would shut up with their heads bent down in shame, and never ever talk about human rights again. Who are they kidding? Are they so stupid that they still haven't figured out that the entire world now has seen their real face?