• @ksynwa
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    72 years ago

    Just like any vote in such a body, resolutions are often submitted in bad faith to make another country look bad.

    What a weird claim. This is a trend that I am hearing about for the first time. Apparently UN is platform for jealous shitty countries to sling shit on the USA, the greatest country in the world.

    Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia Russia

    Here is the a link to the draft: https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/3946807?ln=en

    It has 16 authors:

    • Armenia
    • Belarus
    • Cambodia
    • China
    • Côte d’Ivoire
    • Cuba
    • Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
    • Eritrea
    • Lao People’s Democratic Republic
    • Nicaragua
    • Pakistan
    • Russian Federation
    • South Africa
    • Syrian Arab Republic
    • Uzbekistan
    • Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

    Russia did not single-handedly draft it to “make US look bad”. Even then it is good enough for almost all of the world but the US and Ukraine.

    The reason is right there in the explanation you linked to:

    The United States Supreme Court has consistently affirmed the constitutional right to freedom of speech and the rights of peaceful assembly and association, including by avowed Nazis, whose hatred and xenophobia are vile and widely scorned by the American people.

    It isn’t because RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA. USA literally supports the rights of Nazis to assemble and protest.

    • @pingveno
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      -12 years ago

      Russia did not single-handedly draft it to “make US look bad”. Even then it is good enough for almost all of the world but the US and Ukraine.

      It did not do so single-handedly, but there is a definite theme there when you start looking at alliances. Specifically, almost every country listed has a strong relationship with Russia, China, or both.