Melanie Phillips take on some matters.
Excerpt:
www.melaniephillips.com
Despite the fact that the UNs Human Rights Council was supposed to end the abuses perpetrated by its predecessor, the Commission on Human Rights, the continued domination of this Council by oppressive states means it is still acting to suppress human rights.
Hence its recent outrageous decision to ban altogether any criticism of Islamic sharia law, which is responsible for such abuses as women being stoned to death for adultery or young men being hanged for being gay.
With the support of China, Russia and Cuba, the Organisation of the Islamic Conference which represents the 57 Islamic states forced through a measure which requires the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression to report anyone who speaks out against sharia law, on the grounds that such criticism represents religious discrimination.
This Orwellian diktat is but the latest evidence that, far from upholding freedom and human rights against their abuse, the UN is simply a club of tyranny.
Yet, grotesquely, it is regarded as the supreme arbiter of international affairs, without whose imprimatur it is illegitimate to act. The fear is that without it the world will descend into anarchy. But the dismal truth is that the UN is the principal engine for the perpetuation of chaos, terror, misery and injustice across the world.
It is high time we abolished this obscene institution and created instead a United Democratic Nations to promote freedom and justice.
