What’s wrong with US@UN?
By Susan Yoshihara, Ph.D. | December 13, 2010
On Friday, US UN ambassador Susan Rice made two speeches. One, concerning the grievous threat of Iran’s impending acquisition of nuclear weapons was short and toothless. The other, marking the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human rights was passionate and laden with elaborate policy promises.
Of all the grave human rights atrocities across the globe, Rice mentioned none. The United States commemorated the founding of modern human rights by speaking to a roomful of homosexual rights activists and promising to promote their agenda.
The Obama administration’s fixation with abortion and homosexual rights is understandable given the need to placate a restive political base at home. But it is worth noting that the US National Security Strategy defines proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as one of the nation’s gravest threats while it remains silent on homosexual rights.
It is not unreasonable wonder to what extent the distraction of pacifying political special interests is undermining US UN’s most important duties.
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