Once again showing the entire thing is a pointless exercise to maximize cynicism as they get the distinct pleasure of defying Presidents Trump and Putin, plus PM Netanyahu, all in one blow.
[IsraelTimes] Foreign Ministry denounces move as a ‘moral failure’; Washington warns of ‘consequences’ for what envoy calls ‘procedural overreach, backroom deals and misuse of UN posts’.The United Nations
...a formerly good idea gone bad...
General Assembly voted overwhelmingly on Friday to extend the term of UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk for four more years, in spite of opposition from Israel, the United States and Russia.
Turk has been a harsh critic of Israel’s conduct in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about
oppressionand
disproportionate response...
UN member nations rejected a US proposal to delay the vote until the end of next week as well as a Russian proposal to extend Turk’s term just until the end of the year. The vote in the 193-member General Assembly to reappoint Turk was 144-10, with 13 abstentions.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres
...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years..., who has worked closely with Turk in the past and steps down in December, proposed the second four-year term for Turk when his existing term expires in October.
No other human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
chief has served two full terms.
The Foreign Ministry had called Guterres’s re-proposal of Turk a "moral failure" and said the choice should be left to the secretary-general’s successor.
Turk has condemned what he calls Israel’s "mass killing" in Gaza, while some, including his own staff, have expressed regret that he did not call the killings a genocide — an allegation Israel vehemently denies.
While Turk got strong support, the votes and speeches also reflected concern that Guterres quietly nominated the Austrian lawyer this month after private consultations, with no public discussion.
US deputy ambassador Jeff Bartos warned before the vote that reappointing Turk would prove that the General Assembly "is dysfunctional" and that the vote "was quietly shoved onto the agenda at the last minute to bypass meaningful review.
"Make no mistake, if this assembly tolerates procedural overreach, backroom deals and the misuse of UN posts, there will be consequences," he warned. "The United States will immediately reassess our engagement, participation and funding."
More reduced spending? Just the thing the country needs.
The Trump administration already owes nearly $4 billion to the UN for its regular dues and for the separate budget for UN peacekeeping operations.Russia’s deputy ambassador, Dmitry Chumakov, said Guterres had sown discord among UN members and accused Turk of "political bias" and promoting "Western geopolitical interests under the pretext of concern for human rights."
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