A report from the British group “Save the Children” claims that UN peacekeepers, aid workers, and teachers in Liberia have sexually abused native girls as young as eight years old. The report stated that UN employees in positions of authority were engaged in the widespread practice.
Responding to these charges, the UN’s humanitarian coordinator on the scene, Jordan Ryan, acknowledged that the reprehensible conduct was occurring, termed the behavior of those under his jurisdiction “unacceptable,” but pointed to the suspension of only one of the UN workers. The Liberian government and the United Nations have agreed to investigate the charges and ensure that anyone found guilty should not be employed as peacekeepers elsewhere.
The crimes being perpetrated by UN workers in Liberia are horrible, but they are only a repeat of similar crimes committed by UN workers in numerous other “peacekeeping” operations.
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Practically all reports about Iran’s effort to become a nuclear power point to fears that the Tehran government will soon join the list of nations possessing a nuclear weapon. But a careful study of these reports shows that Iran’s nuclear program has only recently enriched uranium to a level under five percent, the threshold needed to generate electricity. Uranium must be enriched to the 90 percent level for bomb use, and Gholamreza Aghazadeh, the director of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, has announced that his nation has no intention of enriching it to that level because only the ability to generate electricity is sought.
Therefore, the worries about Iran being able to “nuke” either its neighbors or any other nations are premature. Without help from outside, and assuming that Aghazadeh isn’t lying, Iran is at least five years away from being able, by herself, to produce a bomb. Nevertheless, diplomats from the United States, Britain and France have drafted a UN Security Council resolution requiring Iran to cease its nuclear program. “The Security Council has no option but to proceed under Chapter 7 [of the UN Charter],” claimed United States Under Secretary of State R. Nicholas Burns. What he means is that he favors using U.S. forces under overall UN direction to compel Iran to do what the U.S. demands. While ruling out talks between Washington and Tehran, Burns has even stated, “Diplomacy is not always about words. Right now, isolation is what will work best.” But, if he and his colleagues get their way, armed force will work even better.
What the future holds is, of course, unclear. But it seems obvious that U.S. leaders are seeking authorization via a Security Council resolution to launch a military strike against Iran, one of the world’s key suppliers of oil. No one disputes the fact that the “Iran crisis” has contributed to rising oil prices. But, beyond the price of oil, what we see here is another example of the United States using the UN to muscle another nation while simultaneously enhancing the UN’s power and prestige. This makes sense only with the realization that the UN isn’t taking over the world. Instead, our nation is being delivered to the world body by our own leaders. The globalists running the U.S. government intend to build the UN into a world government that they will lead.
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The Hezbollah terrorists in their recent aggression with Israel received from many sources, the real-time intelligence on the location of the IDF and choosing targets for their rocket attacks. They had cable news and the internet for their sources. And one of the main sources was the UN's UNIFIL contingent stationed in southern Lebanon.
UNIFIL–the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, a nearly 2,000-man blue-helmet contingent that has been present on the Lebanon-Israel border since 1978–is officially neutral. Yet, throughout the recent war, it posted on its website for all to see precise information about the movements of Israeli Defense Forces soldiers and the nature of their weaponry and matériel, even specifying the placement of IDF safety structures within hours of their construction. New information was sometimes only 30 minutes old when it was posted, and never more than 24 hours old.
Meanwhile, UNIFIL posted not a single item of specific intelligence regarding Hezbollah forces. Statements on the order of Hezbollah "fired rockets in large numbers from various locations" and Hezbollah's rockets "were fired in significantly larger numbers from various locations" are as precise as its coverage of the other side ever got.
. . .a review of every single UNIFIL web posting during the war shows that, while UNIFIL was daily revealing the towns where Israeli soldiers were located, the positions from which they were firing, and when and how they had entered Lebanese territory, it never described Hezbollah movements or locations with any specificity whatsoever. (The Weekly Standard)
I certainly would not want the UN or any of is sub-organizations in the United States. How many of its foreign members with diplomatic immunity are actually spying for our enemies?
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Without mentioning the problems caused in the U.S. by illegal immigration, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan reported to the UN General Assembly that migration “benefits the receiving country, the country of origin, and the migrants themselves.” He noted that the topic of migration will be on the agenda for discussion at the annual gathering of heads of state at the UN in September.
Stand by for more U.N. bashing of the U.S.!
When will our government wake up and get the U.S. out of the corrupted U.N.?
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by Thomas E. Brewton
The View from 1776
The only substance to the UN is the building on the East River that houses it. Apart from that distinctive physical presence, it’s a dangerous charade that distorts the reality of foreign affairs and invites suicidal policies.
The currently unfolding fiasco of UN “peacekeeping” in Lebanon is just one more piece of empirical evidence that the UN is worse than useless. Will liberals like John Kerry and Teddy Kennedy ever recognize that clinging to the myth of world order through the UN is like jumping off the Empire State Building using a kleenex as a parachute?
The driving force behind Presidents, past, present, and future, going through the motions with the UN is uninformed public opinion, manipulated by the liberal media and politicians. No one who actually examines the 85-year history of this socialist mythology of world government, first in the League of Nations, now in the UN, can point to any evidence that it works. It’s just a way for the public to stick its head under the covers and hope that the goblins go away.
Nonetheless, impelled by uninformed domestic and world opinion, the United States and Israel have been ensnared in an untenable situation. Relying upon France’s UN promises to lead an international army to disarm Hezbollah, we and Israel agreed to a cease-fire.
As soon as the UN deal was signed, France backed out, and no one else is prepared to take its place. Hezbollah not only is keeping all its weaponry, but is already resupplying its arms and ammunition from Iran via Syria. With the charade of a UN “peace,” all Israeli efforts to enforce the UN-mandated embargo on arms shipments to Hezbollah are being branded by the UN and the world media as unacceptable aggression.
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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities raises grave concerns, according to Allan Carlson, organizer of the World Congress of Families and president of The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society.
“Ironically, what is being billed as a treaty to protect disability rights may actually be used to deny those rights, including the most fundamental human right — the right to life,” Carlson charged.
The Convention, which opened in New York last Monday (August 14) and runs until August 25, is drafting this human rights treaty, which could force governments to change their domestic laws. Formally representing The Howard Center at this UN Session is Lauren Vander Heyden.
Carlson observed: “The treaty’s danger lies in its ambiguous language. For instance, the International Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the U.N. in 1948, speaks of the ‘worth’ as well as the ‘dignity’ of the individual. By contrast, the Disability Treaty speaks only of their ‘dignity,’ but not their ‘worth.’ Since euthanasia advocates use the expression ‘death with dignity,’ there’s a reasonable fear that a convention intended to secure their rights actually could lead to the killing of the disabled.”
“With active euthanasia sanctioned in a number of countries, including the Netherlands, this concern is far from hypothetical,” Carlson cautioned.
Qatar introduced language that would protect the disabled from denial of life-sustaining food and water, as well as essential medical care. But that language has yet to be included in the draft document.
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Here is ab interesting development in the rules of engagement with the U.N.'s peace-keeping force in Lebanon that is almost laughable.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is expected to recommend Monday that the rules of engagement of the enhanced UNIFIL force to be deployed in Lebanon include opening fire on Hezbollah where necessary, The Jerusalem Post has learned. . .
. . . The question of the rules of engagement was addressed last Thursday in New York at a meeting of those countries considering sending troops to the force, with some of those countries opposed to being able to open fire, concerned that Hezbollah would then shoot back. (The Jerusalem Post)
They are afraid that Hezbollah will back? What good is a peace-keeping military force that is afraid to use their military force in order to keep the peace?
It appears those countries fearing an engagement with Hezbollah are more afraid of losing the per diem pay for their troops than keeping the peace in the Lebanon.
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The U.N.'s plan for a multi-national 'peace-keeping' force may cause more problems than preventing them. The countries, Indonesia and Malaysia, do not recognize Israel, and Malaysia states that Israel should not be involved in choosing member countries.
Israel says it would be "difficult if not inconceivable" to accept nations which do not recognize its right to exist as part of a UN force in Lebanon. (BBC News)
Of course, Malaysia is acting with ulterior motives. The U.N. pays $1,000 per diem per soldier that are provided by the countries in peace-keeping operations. So this would be a good financial incentive for Malaysia and the other third-world countries to participate in any U.N. 'peace-keeping' force. Their true peace-keeping motives are very much in question.
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Over one year ago, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 221-184 to withhold payment of 50 percent of our nation’s dues to the UN if the world body refused to cut back on its bloated budget and institute a series of reforms. Only a few weeks ago, proposals to reform the organization were defeated by a bloc of third-world nations. Will the 221 House members follow through on their 2005 insistence and severely cut our nation’s contribution to the world body?
The U.S. Constitution states: “All bills for raising revenues shall originate in the House of Representatives.” Each of the 221 — enough to block any expenditure of U.S. taxpayer money if they refuse to originate a bill to fund the UN — should be asked to put action behind the stand expressed in the June 2005 vote
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It appears that the UN Resolution 12710 calling for cease fire in Lebanon gives the terrorists, Hezbollah, and their allies an unfair advantage. The cards are definitely stacked against Israel.
From the Jerusalem Post:
While the resolution was not passed under Chapter 7 of the UN Charter and so does not have the authority of law, in practice it makes it all but impossible for Israel to defend itself against Hezbollah aggression without being exposed to international condemnation on an unprecedented scale.
This is the case first of all because the resolution places responsibility for determining compliance in the hands of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Annan has distinguished himself as a man capable only of condemning Israel for its acts of self-defense while ignoring the fact that in attacking Israel, its enemies are guilty of war crimes. By empowering Annan to evaluate compliance, the resolution all but ensures that Hezbollah will not be forced to disarm and that Israel will be forced to give up the right to defend itself.
The resolution makes absolutely no mention of either Syria or Iran, without whose support Hezbollah could neither exist nor wage an illegal war against Israel. In so ignoring Sibilla's sponsors, it ignores the regional aspect of the current war and sends the message to these two states that they may continue to equip terrorist armies in Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority and Iraq with the latest weaponry without paying a price for their aggression.
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