US Re-elected To UN Human Rights Council: This Is A Good Thing???

For Immediate Release: November 12, 2012

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U.S. to Legitimize U.N. Human Rights Council for Three More Years This article by Anne Bayefsky appears on National Review Online. The Obama administration was reelected today for a second three-year term to the U.N.’s top human-rights body, the Human Rights Council, with substantially fewer votes than human-rights heavyweights United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Côte d’Ivoire, Venezuela, and Pakistan. Moreover, fewer than half of Council members now poised to begin applying democratic standards to the rest of the world, are themselves “fully free,” according to Freedom House rankings.

The Middle East Media Sampler 11/12/2012: Obama, New York Times and Israel

From DG:

1) The second term agenda

The editors of the New York Times, put forward The Foreign Policy Agenda for President Obama's second term. There are two items I'd like to focus on.

As for the Arab Spring countries, Mr. Obama has been wise to recognize that Washington cannot dictate their democratic evolutions. But he should be more engaged, offering more assistance to Islamic leaders who need to build their economies quickly while reminding them that American support will be calibrated based on their commitment to human rights and the rule of law.

Anne Bayefsky: The Dangerous Spin We Can Expect from Obama at the UN

For Immediate Release: September 24, 2012

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The dangerous spin we can expect from Obama at the UN This article by Anne Bayefsky appears today on Fox News. President Obama is fond of boasting about his foreign policy prowess and is anxious to use his UN General Assembly address on September 25 to amplify that claim. His competence took a hit this past week after he pontificated on CBS – less than 24 hours after the murder of our Libyan ambassador – that as president he’d “learned” you have “to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts.” It turned out that he didn’t have the facts, but he and his officials kept yakking anyway. One of those sent out to face the fire, UN Ambassador Susan Rice, will be front and center at the American desk in the Assembly Hall as the president makes his UN pitch. Rice’s implacable insistence that the ‘video-done-it’ has been widely ridiculed, and is now disputed by the White House itself. In fact, the administration’s video-fixated apologies appear to have been fueling the flames. So last Friday, during a television appearance Daily Beast columnist and Fox News political analyst Kirsten Powers asked the right question: “Why was Susan Rice lying?” The answer will be clearer after hearing the president’s speech, but the answer – to borrow a word from White House Press Secretary Jay Carney – is self-evident. She was taking her cue from the top.

While US Embassies Attacked, US Attacked In UN

For Immediate Release: September 13, 2012

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Obama-backed UN “Human Rights” Council Facilitates US-bashing Meet This article by Anne Bayefsky appears on PJ Media. While the calamitous consequences of President Obama’s foreign policy are being played out on the Arab street, the Obama-backed UN Human Rights Council is fueling the hatred behind such violence. Today in Geneva during its current session, the Council advertised and facilitated a “parallel” event designed to condemn American troops for human rights atrocities. Legitimization of the Council has been a cornerstone of the President’s so-called engagement policy, and his administration is currently seeking a second-term as a Council member, with elections scheduled for November 12, 2012. And yet in the Council’s Bulletin of parallel meetings today, was an event organized by two UN-accredited non-governmental organizations, one of which had close ties to the regime of Mouammar Kadhafi and the other a devotee of Saddam Hussein. The title of the session was “Roundtable on Human Rights Issues that Require the Council’s Attention: Iraq.” Here’s a sample of what organizers meant by “human rights.” Daniela Valencia: “U.S. troops are perpetrators of rape, torture and abuse.” Karen Parker: “The U.S. engaged in terrorism…It terrorized the civilian population.” The third speaker Christopher Busby said his research suggested the U.S. dropped “bombs made of uranium in Fallujah,” and finished with “thank goodness the Koran has such enormous power.”

Obama Has "Outsourced" US National Security To The UN

From Anne Bayefsky:

For Immediate Release: July 18, 2012

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Obama Is Real Outsourcing Champ, He's Outsourced Our National Security To The UN This article by Anne Bayefsky appears today on Fox News. In light of the slew of deceptive accusations thrown at presidential candidate Mitt Romney for outsourcing, it is time to ask “will the real outsourcer-in-chief please stand up?” From the moment he took office, the calling card of President Obama’s foreign policy has been the outsourcing of American national security and values, most often to the United Nations. Though the strategy usually goes by the anodyne moniker of “engagement,” it has debilitated America’s interactions with enemies and allies alike.

Anne Bayefsky: Israel & The UN "Human Rights" Council Does Obama have Israel's back or just the UN's?

For Immediate Release: March 27, 2012

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Israel & The UN "Human Rights" Council: Does Obama have Israel's back or just the UN's? This article by Anne Bayefsky appears today on Fox News. The UN’s top human rights body ended its latest session in Geneva on Friday by dealing a body blow to one of President Obama’s signature foreign policy moves. The extreme anti-Israel extravaganza has prompted Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman to cut ties with the body intimating Americans should also withdraw support, while administration officials have hit the airwaves to make the case that the demonization of Israel is troubling but tolerable. The message communicated: the President has the UN’s back, not Israel’s.

Anne Bayefsky: Team Obama continues to support UN hypocrisy on human rights

For Immediate Release: February 27, 2012 Contact:  Anne Bayefsky anne@hudsonny.org (917) 488-1558 Team Obama continues to support UN hypocrisy on human rights This article by Anne Bayefsky appears today on FoxNews.com. On Monday the UN opens two major human rights meetings, the annual session of its top women’s rights body, the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York, and a month-long session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Lecturing Americans about human rights protection from the UN-provided podium will be CSW member Iran – where women are stoned to death for adultery – and Council member Saudi Arabia – which regularly lops off heads for all kinds of offenses.