Another Lamentable UN Appointment

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Another Lamentable UN Appointment :banghead: :banghead:

thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=article&id=3203

The United Nations is again revealing its incompetence—as well as its staunch commitment to making grotesque political statements rather than trying to actually solve problems. On May 11, Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe was crowned the new chair of the Commission on Sustainable Development.

Yes, the main UN body governing international environmental policy and sustainable economic development is now headed by a nation that—under Mugabe’s singularly destructive despotism—has plummeted from prosperity into ruin in a generation.

The ridiculous decision demonstrates an in-your-face defiance among African nations toward Mugabe’s detractors in the West. Under UN rotational rules it was Africa’s turn to choose the head of the commission—and African governments chose Zimbabwe by a 26-21 margin, with three abstentions.

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And we expected something different? The UN is the biggest joke in this world as far as I am concerned. But then this is just my opinion.
 
emiljoe said:
Another Lamentable UN Appointment :banghead: :banghead:

thetrumpet.com/index.php?page=article&id=3203

The United Nations is again revealing its incompetence—as well as its staunch commitment to making grotesque political statements rather than trying to actually solve problems. On May 11, Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe was crowned the new chair of the Commission on Sustainable Development.

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Yo, Mugabe, how long can you sustain 1000% annual inflation??

http://tinyurl.com/35wecw
** Zimbabwe’s inflation tops 1,000%
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**The annual rate of price growth was 1,042.9% in April, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) said, having risen 129 percentage points from March.
It means average goods are about 11 times as expensive in April 2006 as they were 12 months earlier.
Zimbabwe is suffering from shortages of food, fuel and foreign currency.
President Robert Mugabe blames domestic and foreign enemies for the problems.
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Think about it for a second. Would anybody care if Switzerland had been chosen? Nah, it’d be another ho-hum UN arm run by a goody-two-shoes nobody really cares about.

Zimbabwe? People are going to be watching it like hawks, waiting for evidence of corruption and governmental screwups. The minute something goes down, they’re going to be jumping all over it. It could very well scare the country straight. It’s the same principle as the one used when Libya was named chair of the Human Rights Commission. It’s really shaped up its act since!

Also, the Economist delivered an absolutely priceless line on this news: No one can doubt the sustainability of Robert Mugabe’s regime: it has, regrettably, defied countless predictions of collapse.
 
Mirdath said:
Also, the Economist delivered an absolutely priceless line on this news: No one can doubt the sustainability of Robert Mugabe’s regime: it has, regrettably, defied countless predictions of collapse.
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Well, considering that keeping itself in power is essentially the only thing the Mugabe regime knows how to do . . . :whistle:
 
Mirdath said:
Zimbabwe? People are going to be watching it like hawks, waiting for evidence of corruption and governmental screwups. The minute something goes down, they’re going to be jumping all over it. It could very well scare the country straight. It’s the same principle as the one used when Libya was named chair of the Human Rights Commission. It’s really shaped up its act since!
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I am rather skeptical that Libya’s position on the Human Rights Commission was decisive in Libya’s change in direction, and I’m even more skeptical that Zimbabwe’s new position will have any positive effect on that regime.
 
Digitonomy said:
I am rather skeptical that Libya’s position on the Human Rights Commission was decisive in Libya’s change in direction, and I’m even more skeptical that Zimbabwe’s new position will have any positive effect on that regime.
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So what do you suppose inspired it? It’s not like there was a regime change or anything…
 
Mirdath said:
So what do you suppose inspired it? It’s not like there was a regime change or anything…
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From my limited knowledge on the subject, I think an aging Qaddafi was looking to his place in history. After years of standing up proudly to the imperialist powers (in his eyes), he saw that his country was stuck in a rut. Whether he realized the rut was one he dug himself is questionable. Anyway, his earlier efforts at trying to lead a pan-Arab movement being unsuccessful, he was much more successful in endearing himself to African states. Under his influence, the Organization of African Unity, a mere talking group, transformed into the African Union, which is set up with the goal of becoming an EU-type body. His leadership on the African continent (you can judge for yourself how much is leadership vs foreign aid to various countries) convinced him that it was the main sandbox he wanted to play in, and that he could more effectively do so by shedding his past entanglements, such as the UN sanctions - even if it involved eating a little humble pie. I seem to remember that one of his sons was also heavily involved in this, and may have convinced his dad that this was the best course for the country.
 
Might I pose another reason for Qaddafi’s change of heart? Bear in mind that this was in December 2003. What else happened that month? Oh yeah, Saddam was dug out of his rat hole by US soldiers. This was before the American public and the Congress turned against the war in Iraq. At this point America was still mostly united and committed to what we all thought at the time was a certain victory and the establishment of a stable democracy in Iraq.

Quaddafi probably saw two options. One was a fate similar to Saddam, the other was a renewed prominence on the world stage and probably an influx of hard currency from the US and Europe. The following is a quote from the Daily Telegraph in an article about a meeting with the Italian Prime Minister and Qaddafi.

“A spokesman for Mr Berlusconi said the prime minister had been telephoned recently by Col Gaddafi of Libya, who said: ’I will do whatever the Americans want, because I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid.’”
 
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