Re: ASEAN a toothless body, an useless Association which is totally Corrupted
la Comtesse Erzsebet de Bathory
corrupted .
On Oct 29, 11:39 am, "labour" <twe...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> ASEAN A CLUB OF DICTATORS. A BUNCH OF USELESS POLITICIANS, A TOOTHLESS BODY,
> AN ASSOCIATION THAT COMMANDS NO RESPECT FROM THE WORLD COMMUNITY. ASEAN IS
> WORLD WIDE CONDEMNED AS ABSOLUTELY IRRELEVANT IN GLOBAL MATTERS.
>
> October 25, Wall Street Journal
> Asean's 'Human-Rights' Council - Not off to a great start - Editorial
>
> The Association of Southeast Asian Nations inaugurated its human-rights
> commission Friday. Like its United Nations equivalent, it's a toothless
> body, but it can still do damage to the cause it's supposed to serve.
>
> Asean members aspire for the council to be "a vehicle for progressive
> social development and justice, the full realization of human dignity and
> the attainment of a higher quality life for Asean peoples," according to
> their inaugural declaration. These are worthy goals.
>
> But Asean is a broad church that includes countries like Burma and Laos
> that want to rubber-stamp their authoritarian regimes, not submit to real
> scrutiny. All 10 commissioners who will serve on the council for three
> year terms were chosen by their respective Asean member nations, in most
> cases through opaque selection processes that involved little or no public
> consultation. Commissioners include Kyaw Tint Swe, the Burmese ambassador
> to the U.N. who has long defended the junta's rights record there, and
> Brunei's Abdul Hamid Bakal, a Shariah court judge. The commission operates
> by consensus and its mandate focuses on promoting human rights, not
> protecting them.
>
> The initial signals aren't encouraging. At the weekend Asean summit in Hua
> Hin, Thailand, delegates discussed regional integration, climate change
> and removing trade barriers. No less than five Asean nations-Burma,
> Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines and Singapore-refused to meet with civil
> society representatives during a scheduled "interface meeting" Friday
> meant to act as a forum for discussion between heads of state and civil
> society representatives.
>
> This was nothing if not predictable, given the composition of the council.
> It's also a shame, given the need for an effective human-rights watchdog
> in the region. Burma, for instance, will be holding elections next year.
> If the human-rights council meant what it said about upholding "human
> dignity," it could mention the plight of Aung San Suu Kyi, the jailed
> opposition leader who is still under house arrest. Or it could examine the
> status of the Rohingya refugees who routinely wash up on the shores of
> Thailand and Malaysia as they flee from Burma.
>
> Asean aspires to be a regional organization with bigger global clout.
> Embracing a human-rights council like this is detrimental to that goal.
Yankele Baruch
Allah , your only god Allah , you are only allowed to have me as your only God , you are only authorised to have Allah as your only God .
Chinese want to take over ASEAN .
Chinese in ASEAN are liars and thieves in ASEAN .
n Oct 31, 7:49 am, Yankele Baruch <yankelebaruch...@hotmail.com>
wrote: