Astonished U.S. booted off UN committees


	Astonished U.S. booted off UN committees

rustajb

5-18-2008 12:48 PM

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u.s., un, human rights commission, international narcotics control board

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d810b58d-54ae-4e6c-9546-4e5074ec6546/C0A4537F-8BDA-4330-B460-67A9C2A5D8DE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/human0517.php" href="http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/human0517.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.workers.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/human0517.php"><H2>Astonished U.S. booted off UN committees</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/human0517.php"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The would-be rulers of the world suffered two humiliating
      setbacks in United Nations votes in early May. They were
      paybacks for the extreme arrogance the Bush administration
      has shown towards allies and enemies alike.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/human0517.php"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The first rebuff was when the U.S. was voted off the Human
      Rights Commission. Washington had used this commission as a
      means of punishing those countries that dared to challenge
      its policies.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.workers.org/ww/2001/human0517.php"><FONT face="Trebuchet MS, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">The U.S. also lost its seat on the International Narcotics
      Control Board. Washington had viewed this agency as a way to
      bring pressure against countries that fail to toe its line,
      coordinating this with the "war on drugs" that is really just
      a cover for U.S. intervention in Latin America.</FONT></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/C0A4537F-8BDA-4330-B460-67A9C2A5D8DE/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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