Revenge Of The Odious
The United Nations Human Rights Council, a creature-body of the United Nations, many of whose delegates present as a lunatic warped assemblage of human-rights offenders, have assailed Canada for its purported human rights abuses. The Council's delegates present as a blight on the world order, yet this is their way, as the world's leading human-rights abusers, of lunging back at their tormentors, those other countries of the world who steadfastly urge toward the recognition and support of human rights.There is a venomous relationship between Iran and the West, and between Iran and Canada there is a stable relationship of mutual antipathy. Canada will never forget nor forgive Iran for covering up the incarceration, brutal rape and murder of one of its citizens, photo-journalist Zahra Kazemi. Nor is Canada likely to relent in its condemnation of Iran for its other heinous crimes - against the Baha'i, along with the imprisonment of dissenters; the death sentences meted out to offenders of the State.
Iran delights in assailing Canada's reputation as a fair and just country, welcoming immigrants and providing freedom and equality for its citizens. "The Islamic Republic of Iran noted the growing discriminatory treatment against indigenous people, aboriginal women, migrants, Muslims, Arabs and Afro-Canadians", exulted the Geneva-based council's summary of the week.
Canada, for its part, claims mea culpa, mea culpa, willingly submitting to criticism of its efforts and the challenges it faces in solving the ongoing problems of ensuring recognition of native rights, battling domestic violence, and coping with homelessness. "Canada recognizes that no country, including Canada, has a perfect human rights record" its deputy minister of the Department of Justice declared.
It isn't necessarily that Canada values the opportunity to self-flagellate, although it certainly appears that way. But it would appear that Canada views its participation in this miserable exercise in inflating effect and conflating blame for the larger purpose of lending itself to the process, thereby gaining credibility, and pushing for greater scrutiny of the human rights records of true offenders.
According to Conservative Senator Raynell Andreychuk, involved in a 2008 Senate study of the United Nations council, "...influence and persuasion in the diplomatic environment of the UN remain important. All need to be judged by peers, so should Canada". Convince me.
Labels: Canada, Conflict, United Nations
posted by Pieface @ Friday, February 06, 2009
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