Opinion: UN Calling - Where is Poland?

1jola:

While Poland should participate in such forums it will hardly make Poland noticeable on the world stage as the author suggests. UN human rights commission is a joke as one has to offend the biggest offenders. Politically it is not smart to point out to the US that torture is wrong. They already know that. I don't see a huge outcry in the US against that US policy either. Everyone knows their place.

Patrycja19Threads: 79 Posts: 3,974 Joined: Oct 31, 06	May 21, 09, 07:03 / #
http://www.krakowpost.com/article/1320 Come my Polish Brothers and Sisters.. get in there!! make your voice heard!

Patrycja19Threads: 79 Posts: 3,974 Joined: Oct 31, 06	May 21, 09, 19:57 / #
yeah, you will argue about obama, but I dont see many coming in and talking about why poland doesnt speak up with U.N. issues, especially when it comes to human rights..

1jolaThreads: 33 Posts: 2,737 Joined: Sep 23, 08	May 21, 09, 21:37 / #
While Poland should participate in such forums it will hardly make Poland noticeable on the world stage as the author suggests. UN human rights commission is a joke as one has to offend the biggest offenders. Politically it is not smart to point out to the US that torture is wrong. They already know that. I don't see a huge outcry in the US against that US policy either. Everyone knows their place.

SRK85Threads: - Posts: 75 Joined: Mar 30, 09	May 22, 09, 06:34 / #
1jola: While Poland should participate in such forums it will hardly make Poland noticeable on the world stage as the author suggests. UN human rights commission is a joke as one has to offend the biggest offenders. Politically it is not smart to point out to the US that torture is wrong. They already know that. I don't see a huge outcry in the US against that US policy either. Everyone knows their place. Excatly in fact in my model U.N. class last semester I was representing Poland and I made an U.N. resolution condemning the CIA secret prisons. I got a C on the resolution because realistically Poland would never challenge the US on human rights.

lesserThreads: 7 Posts: 2,014 Joined: Oct 19, 07	May 22, 09, 20:30 / #
That is good move by Polish government. There are important issues and on the other end there is the UN.

SeanusThreads: 22 Posts: 30,158 Joined: Dec 25, 07	May 23, 09, 00:50 / #
The UN, the good old cowards who are convenient to criticise when things go wrong. The Dutch peacekeepers, what a joke! Those fannies had the audacity to party too. Poland is in central Europe :)