U.N. Council Poised to Adopt Report Praising Libya's Human Rights Record

We all know what a joke the UN is, but now they're even funnier. They are poised to adopt a report which praises Libya's human rights record. Yes, Libya, that bastion of human rights, a country to be upheld to the rest of the world as an example of just how to treat its citizens. Just don't look too closely at the streets at the moment where thousands of dead bodies lie, shot to death by their tyrannical leader Qaddafi - ignore that protesters have been gunned down in hospitals. Nothing to see there. As the delusional Qaddafi said today: "my people love me". Personally, I couldn't give a stuff about what goes on in that country, but that the UN had the audacity to put Libya on their Human Rights committee in the first place surely has to be a danger sign to every sane person in this world of how the UN is not to be trusted. And shame on Canada for supporting this report.

As the United Nations works feverishly to condemn Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi for cracking down on protesters, the body's Human Rights Council is poised to adopt a report chock-full of praise for Libya's human rights record.

The review commends Libya for improving educational opportunities, for making human rights a "priority" and for bettering its "constitutional" framework. Several countries, including Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia but also Canada, give Libya positive marks for the legal protections afforded to its citizens -- who are now revolting against the regime and facing bloody reprisal.

UN Watch, a watchdog group based in Geneva, called on the council Monday to withdraw the report and launch a new review that "would tell the truth about the (Qaddafi) regime's heinous crimes."

"The review is supposed to be a serious examination of a country's human rights record to hold it accountable," Neuer said. "All they do is give praise and give cover to Libya's abuses."

The report -- put together after a November 2010 session, months before protesters challenged Qaddafi's legitimacy and prompted an historic confrontation with his regime -- includes dozens of recommendations for how Libya can improve human rights. But it also includes pages of commentary, mostly positive, from the other 46 delegations to the controversial Human Rights Council.

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