October 2, 2006

Statement of the Organization of the Islamic Conference on the Progress Report of the Working Group on Universal Periodic Review

Every time the word "double-standards" is trotted out by Islamic states complaining that Israel isn't villified enough, here is what is really going on at the UN. Pakistan, speaking for the Organization of the Islamic Conference, has now proposed at the "reformed" UN Human Rights Council that least developed countries would be subject to the universal periodic review mechanism once every seven years for three hours.