UNGA Vote - Questions With No Answers
Whenever any observer tries to understand what is going on in the world, some points just make them wonder.
There was an enormous unity in the United Nations General
Assembly to condemn the decision of Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the
capital of the state of Israel; and what happened was expected, to a
certain extent, as some countries consider this a matter of religious belief,
others consider it a matter of International law, and others still just caught
the opportunity to vote against the US, no matter what the subject was.
But what does not make
sense is how some made their choices, the allies of the United States, such as
the UK and France, voted against the move of Trump. The country that
practically helped establish Israel, e.g. Britain, decided that it doesn’t want
to stand with or support its creation. South Korea decided that it does agree
on some things with the North; things like being against America; the biggest
ally that is protecting it against Pyongyang’s little dictator.
Stranger still was the
choice of some states, simply to be absent: “You know what? We have no position
on this subject”; these countries include Australia, Canada, and Mexico.
It is understandable
that Serbia votes against the US, after the war of Yugoslavia and the breakup
of the country, but what is not understandable is the vote (or the non-vote) of
Bosnia Herzegovina, which considers itself a Muslim country, but decided to be
absent.
What’s more, it was
something out of the ordinary to see the draft resolution presented to the UNGA
by none other than Yemen; a country divided by a civil war, and destroyed by a conflict that does not end. And here again one wonders: Why wasn’t there a
unified UNGA stance against what is happening in Yemen? Why wasn’t
there a unanimous condemnation of the forces that are continuing for 3 years to
attack and destroy everything in Yemen?
The other country that
presented the draft resolution was Turkey; a country that is being turned from
a democratic secular state into a theocracy. A country where free speech no
longer exists, and where military personnel, teachers, doctors, journalists and
others are either jailed or fired from their jobs because they are, or they are
claimed to be, against the rule of Erdogan. Why wasn’t there a unified stance
against Erdogan in the UNGA by all the peace loving and democracy promoting governments,
and human-rights activists of the world?
Doesn't all that make you wonder??!!
