02-16-2012, 02:10 PM
Grace62 wrote:
The role of the UN is always evolving, but there is an unprecedented amount of international cooperation on all levels now. Whether it is the advancement of peace, prosperity, and democracy, or simply trade, science, and social media communication, people are open to working together and learning from one another. It can be hard work, but it benefits everyone.
Sure, here is one example of UN's and Obama's last great intervention achievement.....
"There's torture, extrajudicial executions, rape of both men and women," ...http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/...nesty.html
Armed militia groups in Libya that formed along tribal lines after the ouster of the Moammar Gadhafi regime have turned on one another and now rule most of the country, torturing their opponents with impunity, Amnesty International says.
It's not just the revenge attacks or tribe-on-tribe feuding, but the gross human rights abuses that go unchallenged by Libya's new government, CBC's David Common reports from New York.
When Amnesty International investigators visited detention facilities, inmates told of rape by guards and beatings for hours with whips, cables, metal chains, wooden sticks and electric shocks with live wires, Common reported.
Militia members didn't bother stopping one beating even when Amnesty's team arrived, saying inmates who had been ordered released would not be.