UNHRC To #Syria: Let's Try Again When Things Quiet Down

It looks like the pressure against Syria's candidacy for a seat at the UN Human Rights Council has paid off:

Kuwait, not Syria, to run for UN rights body

Under pressure from fellow UN member states, Syria dropped plans to run for a seat on thei top UN human rights body and allowed Kuwait to replace it as a candidate, UN diplomats said on Tuesday.

But don't be too impressed. It's not as if the members are actually taking a principled stance or anything. Instead, the UNHRC is just waiting for the heat (or the protesters) to die down.

According to some envoys:

...Syria planned to trade candidacies with Kuwait, which was slated to run for the rights council in 2013, and drop out of the 2011 race for one of the four spots available to Asian countries.

...“It is not really the time for Syria to become a UN Ambassador Gerard Araud told reporters on Monday.

That's right. It's not that there is anything objectionable about a regime murdering its people -- no, it's the fuss people make over such things.

Truth be told, this is just the kind of stunt you'd expect from the UNHRC.

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