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Sub-Committee on Human Right 18-11-2009

 Senator Daly: It is a very disturbing presentation. Mr. John F. Kennedy described the United Nations as the last best hope for mankind. It is appalling to think the United Nations is complicit — that is not the word — it is actually doing this. If a dictator behaved in this way we would be sending in armies, depending on whether there was oil in the country. The final line of the presentation urges us to do something about it. We cannot send in an army. We fund the United Nations, but it is hard to believe this is happening, not under its watch, but that it is actually doing it. It is aware of the problem.

Mr. Polansky remarked that in the UN the left hand does not know what the right hand is doing. Is there anyone in charge? Ultimately the Secretary General is in charge, but who is the person in charge of the camp? Who can take action? The committee has been asked to do something. Should we write to Churches Working Together and suggest it should do the opposite to its current practices? Should we write to the Norwegian Government, which is exemplary by any standards? It is probably one of the world leaders in helping countries in need of assistance. It is well aware that one of its leading churches is involved in this camp. We could write to the UN representative in Dublin, subject to protocol. Mr. Polansky urges the committee to do something to help. He has given this presentation in Europe and London. Can he indicate what the plan of action should be? What did he suggest in previous presentations?