Libya to chair UN Human Rights Commission? (Insider Report).During the inaugural summit of the African Union African Union (AU), international organization established in 2002 by the nations of the former Organization of African Unity (OAU). The AU is the successor organization to the OAU, with greater powers to promote African economic, social, and political integration, in July, Libya was nominated to preside pre·side intr.v. pre·sid·ed, pre·sid·ing, pre·sides 1. To hold the position of authority; act as chairperson or president. 2. To possess or exercise authority or control. 3. over the next session of the UN's Human Rights Commission (which begins next March). Although all 53 governments represented in the Geneva-based UN panel must ratify ratify v. to confirm and adopt the act of another even though it was not approved beforehand. Example: An employee for Holsinger's Hardware orders carpentry equipment from Phillips Screws and Nails although the employee was not authorized to buy anything. the selection, spokesmen for Muammar Qaddafi's dictatorship dictatorship Form of government in which one person or an oligarchy possesses absolute power without effective constitutional checks. With constitutional democracy, it is one of the two chief forms of government in use today. treated the nomination itself as a vindication VINDICATION, civil law. The claim made to property by the owner of it. 1 Bell's Com. 281, 5th ed. See Revendication. of the regime. "Libya is a country where the respect of human rights is enshrined," declared a statement from the Libyan foreign ministry. "The security, political stability and economic prosperity enjoyed by Libya are the proof of its respect of human rights.... These facts [were] acknowledged unanimously by Africa when it decided to nominate Libya to chair the United Nations' human rights commission. Africa had spoken loudly and would not back down despite the lies and deceptions." Qaddafi's Soviet-style regime practices repression at home and exports terror abroad, making it an ideal choice to front a UN panel devoted to the subject of "human rights." |
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