Libya, Iran, The Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan are some of the long list of dictatorships and human rights basket-cases in UN leadership roles – positions that entail responsibilities diametrically opposed to their qualifications. Here are some of today's UN authority figures.
States in UN Leadership Positions
- U.N. General Assembly, President: Libya
- UN General Assembly, Vice-President: Sudan, China, Russia
- UN General Assembly Sixth Committee, (The Legal Committee), Chair: Algeria
- UN General Assembly Sixth Committee, (The Legal Committee), Vice-Chair: Iran
- UN Human Rights Council, Vice-Presidents: Cuba, Angola
- UN Human Rights Council : Saudi Arabia, China
- UN Economic and Social Council: Saudi Arabia
- UN Commission on Sustainable Development: Angola, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
- UN Commission on Social Development: Cuba, Egypt, Zimbabwe
- UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations: Sudan, Cuba, Pakistan, China
- U.N. Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) Governing Council: Iran, Zimbabwe
- UN Committee on Information, Vice-Chairman: Iran
- UN Committee on Information: China, Kazakhstan
- UN Commission on the Status of Women: The Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran
- UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: Libya, Russia
- UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), Executive Board: Sudan, Zimbabwe, Iran, China
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Executive Committee: Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan
- UN World Food Programme, Executive Board: Sudan
Individuals in UN Leadership Positions
with troubling histories and biases
- UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, Expert: Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann
- UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, Expert: Jean Ziegler
- UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories: Richard Falk
- UN Human Rights Council High-Level Fact-finding Mission to Beit Hanoun, Head of Mission: Archbishop Desmond Tutu
- UN Human Rights Council International Fact-Finding Mission to Gaza, Head of Mission: Richard Goldstone
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| 2010 |
| U.N. Commission on the Status of Women: Togo |
| UN Human Rights Council Vice-President and Rapporteur: Egypt |
| 2009 |
| U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Board: Myanmar |
| U.N. Commission for Social Development: North Korea |
| U.N. Commission on the Status of Women: Qatar |
| U.N. Development Programme Executive Board, President: Iran |
| U.N. General Assembly Second Committee, the Economic and Financial Committee, Rapporteur: Yemen |
| U.N. General Assembly Sixth Committee, the Legal Committee, Vice-Chair: Algeria |
| U.N. General Assembly, President: Nicaragua, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann |
| U.N. General Assembly, Vice-President: Myanmar |
| U.N. Human Rights Council's Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances: Member Saied Rajaie Khorasani of Iran since 2003 |
| U.N. Security Council: Libya |
| UN Human Rights Council Vice-President and Rapporteur: Azerbaijan |
| UN Human Rights Council, President: Nigeria |
| 2008 |
| Human Rights Council's Working Group on Situations: Angola |
| U.N. Development Programme Executive Board: Algeria |
| U.N. Disarmament Commission Rapporteur: Syria |
| U.N. Disarmament Commission Vice-Chairman: Iran |
| U.N. General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security Vice-Chairperson: Syria |
| U.N. General Assembly Vice-President: Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| U.N. General Assembly Vice-President: Turkmenistan |
| U.N. Human Rights Council's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention: Member Seyed Mohammad Hashemi, Deputy Minister of Development and Interior of Iran Since 2002 |
| U.N. International Labour Organization Governing Body: Saudi Arabia |
| U.N. World Food Programme Executive Board: Zimbabwe |
| 2007 |
| International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference, Vice-President: Syria |
| U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Board, Vice-President: Myanmar |
| U.N. Commission on Sustainable Development: Sudan |
| U.N. Development Programme Executive Board: Kazakhstan |
| U.N. Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law Advisory Committee: Iran |
| U.N. Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law Advisory Committee: Lebanon |
| U.N. Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law Advisory Committee: Sudan |
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