This is a resolution saying humanitarian personnel in war zones should never be deliberately attacked.
The US was the only country to vote against.
However, as we have stated many times, the UN can no longer afford to waste its resources where there is little or no impact. Unfortunately, this resolution is another example of the type of performative document that does little more than waste UN and Member State resources while failing to meaningfully improve the lives of our collective citizenry.
I mean there are worse reasons to vote no. I also hate bureaucracy, but this seems like an odd resolution to make that point on…
In addition, the Trump Administration has been clear that efforts to advance radical gender ideology in the UN will not be supported
Jesus fucking christ
That entire passage was performative. It’s the performer calling the performer performative. But who is the most performative? Probably, as you pointed out, the who who brings up rAdIcAl GeNdEr IdEoLoGy
Does voting against this waste fewer resources than voting for it?
Before I read the statement I was sure they were gonna go with “we rejected it because it doesn’t go far enough” 😂
Imagine taking anything anyone from this administration says at face value. They want to be able to murder people, plain and simple.
A very rare case of China agreeing to something good. What do we think the odds are that they actually comply with it? Russia and Israel abstaining could be seen as being against it.
Israel abstaining could be seen as being against it.
So could the fact that they’re routinely and deliberately doing EXACTLY what the resolution seeks to prevent.
I suspect that China knows that they can say whatever they want, and that they can do whatever they want, and that those two things have nothing to do with each other.
Saying they support humanitarian rights makes them look good.
They can sign any agreement or treaty or whatever. If it says human rights must be respected, well, that’s just ink on paper. It’s not like it’s going to change what they do in the least.
It’s more surprising that the US voted against this. Maybe it means the US ambassador to the UN is somewhat working against Trump to make him look like an amateur. Maybe it means that Trump weighed in on this directly, and this happened because he really is just that stupid.
The US has a long history of being the only developed country to not sign UN resolutions and similar global diplomatic treaties. So.etimes they push for the adoption but then dont sign themselves even
Better than the US, based on this vote anyway.
Based on this vote alone an nothing else, you could say the Chinese dictatorship is better, yes.
I like how everyone says China is worse than America but can never give specific reasons why.
USA has a history of toppling democracies and setting up puppet leaders
China has a history of toppling democracies and expanding their borders permanently
USA had massive protests over police brutality
Chinese police brutally murdered massive protests
USA detains minorities with minimal due process whenever Republicans get put in power, reverse course whenever Democrats get put in power
China detains minorities and forces them into labour camps, sometimes sterilizing them, never reverse
USA promotes democracy in places like North Korea by dropping in media and information about the outside world
China promotes authoritarianism in places like the USA by feeding in misinformation
USA often runs deradicalization programs to convert the type of person who tears down a mosque into a person willing to accept others
Chinese Government mandates the tearing down of temples
USA is a flawed two party system with first past the post elections
China is a one party system which evolved from an absolute dictatorship in the 1940s to an absolute dictatorship now.
The USA has an iron grip on the world’s financial systems and information technology, relying on fair trade, loans, and commerce to empower itself
China intentionally causes harm with financial markets such as currency manipulation and bans the export of most technologies, heavily subsidizes some exports to try to capture markets, heavily restricts exports of minerals and other goods. China is using finances as if they were just another weapon
The USA has a startlingly bad civil rights record and history, only guaranteeing equal rights based on protected class including race and ethnicity in the 1960s
China has a startlingly bad civil rights record and history, never guaranteeing equal rights
The USA funds and arms Israel who is committing a genocide in Gaza, the USA has been vetoing ceasefire resolutions
China funds and arms Iran who used Hamas to initiate the genocide in Gaza, China has been vetoing ceasefire resolutions
The USA convinced Ukraine to give up Nuclear Weapons in exchange for promised protections against the inevitable Russian invasion.
China is enabling the Russian invasion by keeping their wartime economy afloat while the rest of the world embargoes and tariffs Russia.
It’s difficult to come up with a single way in which China is not a worse place than the USA, and an active threat to all mankind.
China has a history of toppling democracies and expanding their borders permanently
So the Mexican cession is only temporary?
