Has the UN lost all credibility

[JagFan07]

First we have this.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/un-elects-iran-commission-womens-rights

UN Elects Iran to Commission on Women's Rights
Brilliant.
BY John McCormack
April 29, 2010 4:09 PM

Joseph Abrams at Fox News reports on the latest masterstroke from the arbiters of legitimacy:

    Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat on the influential human rights body to a theocratic state in which stoning is enshrined in law and lashings are required for women judged "immodest."

    Just days after Iran abandoned a high-profile bid for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, it began a covert campaign to claim a seat on the Commission on the Status of Women, which is "dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women," according to its website.

    Buried 2,000 words deep in a U.N. press release distributed Wednesday on the filling of "vacancies in subsidiary bodies," was the stark announcement: Iran, along with representatives from 10 other nations, was "elected by acclamation," meaning that no open vote was requested or required by any member states -- including the United States.

Then you have this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/7639728/Suntanned-women-to-be-arrested-under-Islamic-dress-code.html

Suntanned women to be arrested under Islamic dress code
Iran has warned suntanned women and girls who looked like "walking mannequins" will be arrested as part of a new drive to enforce the Islamic dress code.


by Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat
Published: 11:09PM BST 27 Apr 2010
Suntanned women to be arrested under Islamic dress code
A leading cleric, warned that women who dressed immodestly disturbed young men and the consequent agitation caused earthquakes Photo: SIPA/REX FEATURES

Brig Hossien Sajedinia, Tehran's police chief, said a national crackdown on opposition sympathisers would be extended to women who have been deemed to be violating the spirit of Islamic laws. He said: "The public expects us to act firmly and swiftly if we see any social misbehaviour by women, and men, who defy our Islamic values. In some areas of north Tehran we can see many suntanned women and young girls who look like walking mannequins.

"We are not going to tolerate this situation and will first warn those found in this manner and then arrest and imprison them."

Iran's Islamic leadership has in recent weeks launched a scaremongering campaign to persuade the population that vice is sweeping the streets of the capital. National law stipulates that women wear headscarves and shape shrouding cloaks but many women, particularly in the capital, spend heavily on fashions that barely adhere to the regulations.

The announcement came shortly after Ayatollah Kazim Sadighi, a leading cleric, warned that women who dressed immodestly disturbed young men and the consequent agitation caused earthquakes.

Another preacher warned Tehran's citizens to flee before the inevitable punishment for flagrant behaviour was visited on the city.

"Go on the streets and repent for your sins," Ayatollah Aziz Khoshvaqt, one of the country's highest clerics, told worshippers during a recent sermon in northern Tehran. "A holy torment is upon us. Leave town."

Just wow.

[buckethead]

L"UN"atics.

I saw the tanning piece on drudge. When Bill Krystol (The Weekly Standard) teams up with Fox News, I get a very eerie feeling.

They will beat the war drums until we are no more.

[JagFan07]

Yeah, I was looking for another source besides Fox, but couldn't resist the irony.

[Sportmotor]

The UN has had it's credibility gone for a long time now.

[Sportmotor]

I know and am friends with a NATO Mitigations Executioner.
who still currently serves as panelist on mitigation and crisis management
I think I might know a little :3

[Sportmotor]

he serves under/in the un atm

Im not sure how that really works but eh

[Sportmotor]

tbh once it started to get jumpbled into the UN and NATO fields I just stoped him from explaining any further and made him talk in french cause that is fun to listen to  

[urbanlibertarian]

Isn't the US Treasury the UN automated teller?

[Sportmotor]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&hs=Kiy&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%22NATO+Mitigations+Executioner%22&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

um. yeah... about that.

It must be a special job since nothing about a NATO mitigations executioner comes up on google.

Not everything in life can be found on Wiki or google

[buckethead]

Ease up on my Dogg SM!

[Sportmotor]

Ok. The world must not exist if it isn't in google.
Gotcha.

[civil42806]

Missed the period in the last 20 years when the UN had any credibility.  Does this surprise anyone really?  Loud voice in the chamber  "Stone her,  Stone her"  Deep imposing voice, I'm sorry but we haven't recognized the representative from Iran!

[NotNow]

As much as I hate to enter into this little fracas...I think what SM is referring to is a joint EU-NATO-UN program that is involved in mitigating threats to the Euro ATM or Air Traffic Management system.  I believe the (God help us) acronym was NEASCOG.  As with (any) military use of acronyms but especially in PC Europe where mixtures of language even in titles is often confusing, descriptions of functions, job titles, equipment, and even ranks is often misspoken or misunderstood.

This is understandably confusing for everyone.  I also have friends serving in the European theater and I often don't understand the acronyms and other terms.

Sport, is your friend in aviation or UXO?

[NotNow]

Um.  Maybe you can spell it out for me?  Am I missing something?  Or are you?

[finehoe]

The U.N. is far from perfect, but we shouldn't dismiss an organization that provides humanitarian
assistance and promotes improvements in the health of the world’s peoples.

In addition to providing relief for humanitarian crises caused by international conflicts, the U.N. can also respond to emergencies caused by natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes. On a proactive level, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other U.N. affiliated groups have eliminated smallpox and are actively pursuing a battle against AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria around the world. The WHO played a significant role in diagnosing and containing the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003. U.N. programs, like the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have saved and enriched the lives of the world’s children through immunization programs for polio, tetanus, measles, whooping cough, diphtheria and tuberculosis. The lives of over 3 million children a year have been saved.