UN Authority Figures

Here are some of the dictatorships and human rights basket-cases in UN leadership roles – positions that entail responsibilities diametrically opposed to their qualifications.

States in UN Leadership Positions

• UN General Assembly, Vice-President: China, Russia
• Conference on Disarmament, President: Iran
• UN Human Rights Council Vice-President: Mauritania; members: Cote D'Ivoire, Pakistan, Venezuela, United Arab Emirates
• UN Commission on the Status of Women Vice-President: Belarus; members: The Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran
• UN Economic and Social Council Vice-President: Sudan
• UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: Russia, Iran, DRC, Pakistan
• UN Women Executive Board: Saudi Arabia, China, United Arab Emirates
• UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Angola, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
• UN Commission on Social Development: Cuba, Egypt, Zimbabwe
• UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Chair: Pakistan, Vice-Chair: Sudan, members: Cuba, China
• U.N. Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) Governing Council: Iran
• UN Committee on Information: China, Kazakhstan, Libya, Iran
• UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Executive Board: China, Iran, Pakistan
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Executive Committee: Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan
• UN World Food Programme, Executive Board: Sudan

Individuals in UN Leadership Positions
with troubling histories and biases

• UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories: Richard Falk