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Originally Posted by blankall
I agree embarrassing that countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Venezuela are on a body responsible for upholding human rights.
Countries that make homosexuality a crime should be nowhere near that body.
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I agree, I've questioned the UN appointments to bodies like this for a long time. I think you should have to have some intent of implementing fundamental human rights and equality rights in order to be invited onto a panel like this.
So I take this result with a grain of salt.
What i find interesting is that there's a bit of a slap in the face to the American's there as they couldn't form a voting block.
We know that their international influence and prestige has slipped a bit, this makes a compelling argument for that.