Haley, After Losing Series of Votes on Cuba: That’s ‘Why So Many People Believe That Faith in the United Nations is Often Misplaced’

By Patrick Goodenough | November 1, 2018

By large majorities, member-states of the United Nations on Thursday one by one voted down eight draft amendments proposed by the United States, highlighting human rights abuses by Cuba’s communist rulers.  Having done so the General Assembly, by a vote of 189-2, condemned once again the United States’ embargo against the Cuban regime. Except for Israel, every U.N. member-state voted in favor. No countries abstained, although Ukraine and Moldova did not vote..................“There are only losers: The United Nations has lost. It has rejected the opportunity to speak on behalf of human rights. The U.N. Charter commits every country here to the promotion of peace, security, and human rights. And that Charter was betrayed today.”............To Read More.....