- ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ ( @yogthos@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 years ago
Russia hasn’t done anything in Ukraine that US hasn’t been doing for decades in countries across the globe on a far larger scale. The vote to suspend Russia from the UNHRC while countries like US, Israel, and Saudi Arabia are on it, simply shows that the whole organization is a joke.
- ster ( @ster@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 years ago
True, but Russia is still terrible, so I don’t care
- 🏳️🌈 Gay Legend 🏳️🌈 ( @GayLegend@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 years ago
Isn’t Israel on the UN Human Rights Council? What a joke.
- mekhos ( @mekhos@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 years ago
No, other than the 5 Permanent members I listed further down this chain, the current 10 members voted in until end of 2022/2023 are
- Albania
- Brazil
- Gabon
- Ghana
- India
- Ireland
- Kenya
- Mexico
- Norway
- United Arab Emirates
- mekhos ( @mekhos@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 years ago
There have been responses but USA simply veto’s any move to put pressure on them.
- Catraism-Stalinism ( @Catradora_Stalinism@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 years ago
so more like the “USA sanctions for being against them” Council instead of human rights?
- mekhos ( @mekhos@lemmy.ml ) 1•2 years ago
No, more like “you are suspended for a while, because of an aggressive military invasion of your neighbor and causing hundreds and hundreds of civilian deaths”
- Catraism-Stalinism ( @Catradora_Stalinism@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 years ago
I was talking about isn’trael but okay. Funny how just shattering people in your own country for 8 years is just completely fine for the west. Doesn’t matter if they’re russian right? I’ll care when the standards are actually applied, and not just abused to be a wing of the united state’s political fuckery.
- mekhos ( @mekhos@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 years ago
Ok, I didnt understand your post properly
There have been numerous attempts to curb growth of Israel but it only takes one blocking vote by a permanent UN member to stop a motion. Those permanent members are China, France, Russia (inherited from USSR), UK, and USA. Since there is a historically close link between USA and Israel, USA blocks actions against Israel. But this itself does not make the organization USA-centric, and it’s unrelated to why Russia was suspended from the group.
- Catraism-Stalinism ( @Catradora_Stalinism@lemmy.ml ) 3•2 years ago
okay, thanks for the information. Sorry for the confusion, I’ll try not to jump down your throat next time.
- mekhos ( @mekhos@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 years ago
Thanks, that’s difficult to say when one gets worked up, I appreciate it.
The UN is increasingly becoming yet another “western colonialism” body with always-the-same-map
- ster ( @ster@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 years ago
This is true, but the regime in Russia is an evil imperialist force too.