Tomorrow, February 15 2010, and for the first time since the 1979 revolution, the UN will review the human rights record of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The UPR (Universal Periodic Review) is a process which involves a review of the human rights records of all 192 UN Member States. This recent UN tradition started [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Europe and the Middle East'
A Moment of Truth in Geneva?
February 13th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Europe and the Middle East, Iran
Tags: Human Rights·Iran·UN
Europe’s Misspent Influence
June 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Europe and the Middle East
By NIR BOMS
April 21, 2005 Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB111405417240212947,00.html
“Politics is about changing things,” Javier Solana recently said, emphasizing that Europe has a leading role to play in promoting democracy in the world and particularly the Middle East.
Such rhetoric coming out of Europe begins to sound similar to President George W. Bush’s own vision of a “Greater [...]
Tags: EU·Financing terror