Venezuela wins seat on U.N. rights council despite U.S. opposition

reuters ^ | Oct. 17, 2019 | Michelle Nichols

[PROCON]

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Venezuela was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday with 105 votes and a round of applause, despite fierce lobbying by the United States and rights groups, and the late entry of Costa Rica as competition.

In a secret ballot by the 193-member U.N. General Assembly, Costa Rica garnered 96 votes despite only entering the race this month, when President Carlos Alvarado declared “the Venezuelan regime is not the suitable candidate.”

[PROCON]

Good grief, perhaps N. Korea will be the next member of the 'human rights' council.

[Bommer]

Time for Trump to announce he is turning the UN building into condos! Kick all their asses out. They serve no purpose

[Army Air Corps]

It is just a conscious effort to jam their finger in America’s eye. Screw ‘em. May the whole corrupt organization go bankrupt. If they want money, hold a telethon or launch a Go Fund Me campaign.

[rockinqsranch]

I can’t stress enough the necessity to pull our nation the ‘H’ out of this sad organization. They accomplish no good whatsoever. We have many more places we can spend our good money than throwing it away at the U.N.

[Bernard]

Or maybe they could sell Mitt Romney 2020 t-shirts.

[DesertRhino]

Anyone who voted for that should not see another American penny....but they will.

[PROCON]

Or maybe they could sell Mitt Romney 2020 t-shirts.

[Army Air Corps]

That would earn them what, $20?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Defund the U.N. and kick it out of NYC. Enough is enough, this is one big effing joke. A tyrannical, murderous Stalinist regime on a human rights council ?

[kvanbrunt2]

I don’t know why the US lobys against these appointments. much better tactic is to have a presser and appeal to the oppressed people in these counties to overthrow these dictators. and dis the UN for being a complete waste of rational dialog.

[fella]

The U N has become a bigger farce than The League of Nations ever was.

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

I read that Sudan, Libya, and Mauritania, which has the highest per capita number of slaves in the world, were also elected. What a sick, twisted outfit the UN is.

[cookcounty]

Like naming Pretty Boy Floyd and John Dillinger to drive the armored car.

UN is such a joke.

[Bullish]

I want us OUT!

Enough is enough.

[wastedyears]

Hopefully them becoming insolvent at the end of the month will start our process to leave the UN.

[vpintheak]

The world is bat-crap crazy.

[Vendome]

I was thinking The Pharoah of Egypt but, yeah...

[Vinnie]

Oh Yeah!!

[I want the USA back]

The UN is a joke.

[LRoggy]

Nah, let DeBlasio turn it into low income housing and watch the middle East Side bitch about it . . .