U.N. Headquarters In Geneva Covers Up Historic Carving To Avoid Offending Iran

Photo: Alain Jourdan of the Tribune de Geneve

UN Hide Carving Of Naked Man Ahead Of Iran Nuclear Talks, “Kowtowing To Fundamentalist Regime” -- UN Watch

GENEVA, October 14 – The independent non-governmental monitoring group UN Watch today called on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to order the removal of a curtain recently placed over an historic marble carving at the UN’s European headquarters in Geneva, and to “stop this dangerous kowtowing to Iran’s fundamentalist regime.” (See AFP story below.)

“This is a very dangerous and slippery slope,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based watchdog group. Today the UN is covering up the artistic heritage of its most famous building, Geneva’s historic Palais des Nations, to appease the intolerance of a fundamentalist regime that subjugates women, executes gays, and persecutes Bahais; what will the UN hide tomorrow?”,

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Update: See Which Piece of Art the U.N. Is Covering Up Ahead of Iran Nuclear Talks -- The Blaze

My Comment: I cannot make this stuff up.