On the UN Passes the Test: Rejects Iranian motion
By george wesley dannells on Nov 22, 2008 in All categories
Cyrus the Great laid foundation to the world’s greatest empire, based on mutual respect of the other.
Cyrus’ Charter of Freedom predates the Magna Carta by over a millennium. Given the resemblance to the UN Human Rights Charter, it is considered the first Declaration of Human Rights. It was translated into all six official UN languages, and a copy of the cylinder is kept in the UN Headquarters in New York.
The cylinder was created on October 29, 539BC, after Babylon submitted to Cyrus’ rule
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Canada pushing hard for Iran censure
Steven Edwards , Canwest News Service
Published: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
UNITED NATIONS – Iran is pulling out all the stops at the United Nations to short-circuit a Canadian-led censure of the Islamic republic’s human rights record – and insiders say the Iranians may have the upper hand.
After coming to within just two votes last year of winning UN backing for tossing out the annually renewed resolution, Iran has been lavishing key “swing” states with economic goodies or offering them crucial political support on the world stage.
http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=fe063145-7a6d-481a-835d-9a728b327097
UN rejection of Iranian ‘no-action motion’ is victory for human rights, say Baha’is
21 November 2008
United Nations — The Baha’i International Community praised the United Nations General Assembly for today rejecting a so-called “no-action motion” on human rights in Iran.
Such a motion, if it had passed, would have used procedural rules to set aside a resolution that is sharply critical of the Islamic Republic of Iran over its use of torture, the high incidence of executions, the “violent repression” of women, and “increasing discrimination” against Baha’is, Christians, Jews, Sufis, and Sunni Muslims, among other minorities.
That resolution subsequently passed the Assembly’s Third Committee, by a vote of 70 to 51 with 60 abstentions, in a second vote today. The resolution will now be sent for final approval by the full Assembly in mid-December.
http://news.bahai.org/story/670
The UN is tested and today passes the test. -gw
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