UNESCO Director Slams Syria's Appointment To UNESCO Human Rights Committee

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UNESCO elects Syria to human rights committees   Vote slammed by UNESCO director & Canada FM   Contact: media1@unwatch.org GENEVA, Nov. 23 – UNESCO’s executive board, which includes the US, France, the UK and other Western democracies, unanimously elected Syria to a pair of committees – one dealing directly with human rights issues – even as the Bashar al-Assad regime maintains its campaign of violence against its own citizens. The Arab group at UNESCO nominated Syria for the spots, and though the 58-member board approved the pick by consensus on Nov. 11, the agency has not yet posted the results on its website. Syria’s election came just a day before the League of Arab States moved to suspend Syrian membership of that body.

The UN Has A Funny Way Of Pressuring Assad To Stop Killing His People

Foreign Secretary William Hague is justifiably proud that the UN General Assembly endorsed human rights resolution written by the UK condemning the Syrian crackdown:

"Today’s UNGA resolution sends a signal of united condemnation of the Syrian regime’s systematic human rights abuses.