CNN: WHO is under fire after naming Robert Mugabe a goodwill ambassador
(CNN)The World Health Organization is under fire after it selected Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as a goodwill ambassador.
The public health agency announced the decision this week, saying the African leader will focus on noncommunicable diseases such as heart attacks and strokes on the continent.
Mugabe has long been criticized for corruption and abuse of power, and the decision to name him a goodwill ambassador for WHO stunned health experts and rights activists.
"The government of Robert Mugabe has brutalized human rights activists, crushed democracy dissidents, and turned the breadbasket of Africa -- and its health system -- into a basket case," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, which monitors the performance of WHO, a UN agency that focuses on international public health.
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WNU Editor: Aside from the fact that he is a racist .... 'White farmers' killers should not be prosecuted,' Mugabe declares (News24) .... before Mugabe assumed power Zimbabwe was the bread-basket for this part of Africa .... no more now. High infant mortality rate. HIV and other diseases endemic. Hunger wide spread. And when Robert Mugabe needs medical treatment .... he gets it in Singapore .... Zimbabwe's Mugabe in Singapore for medical treatment- paper (Reuters). This is why this appointment (among many other reasons) is a travesty.
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6 comments:
It is why conservatives call to defund the UN for the past quarter of century.
Liberals not so much.
I guess they have more process to go through
Aizino,
Could not have said this any better myself.
Back in the old days, the Birchers used to have bumper stickers that said, "Get US out! of the United Nations."
The UN did nothing during the Suez Crisis. That was Eisenhower.
Congo got its independence, terrible things happened and the UN did ....?
The Biafran War happened and the UN was having cocktails at Turtle Bat and in Austria. The Biafran was is about to restart.
The UN has done jack ____ for Polisario. Spanish Sahara has been colonized by Morocco and Mauretania. Anon I will give you a clue. Jack is not here.
Speaking of MNauretania, it still has slavery. WTF has the UN done?
Anon, you just make no sense.
Remember the League of Nation prevented WW2
So did the Nuclear START treaty of1922 The nuclear START treaty of WW2 prevented 50 million deaths in the 1930s and 1940s.
People make the mistake of thinking UN is world gov. It's not , it is world club , gov go there to address there issues but the ultimate power reside in government , which is a good think , without it chances of war will increase dramatically , it give the politician the cover of " we did something " by releasing resolution , in ironic twist the only gov who would dare to ignore it is the US .
The UN cause war.
It gives people a false sense of security.
Certain fools like Kerry go there to palaver and think they are doing something.
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