Val i FN

Iran vägrar samarbeta med IAEA

Iran bygger hela tiden upp sin kapacitet att anrika uran och samarbetet med övervakarna från IAEA fungerar dåligt.

Det verkar som om det bara var fråga om månader innan Iran kan ha tillräckligt med uran för att tillverka kärnvapen.

'Iran denies IAEA request to install more cameras at Natanz'



FN leds av de värsta diktaturerna

Ali Abdussalam Treky från Libyen har valts till FN generalförsamlingens nya ordförande. Libyen sitter också på ett av mandaten i säkerhetsrådet.

US State Department's rapport om Libyen säger bl.a. följande:

"Citizens did not have the right to change their government. Remaining problems included reported disappearances; torture; arbitrary arrest; lengthy pretrial and sometimes incommunicado detention; official impunity and poor prison conditions...denial of a fair public trial by an independent judiciary, political prisoners and detainees, and the lack of judicial recourse for alleged human rights violations...The government restricted civil liberties and freedoms of speech, press...assembly, and association...freedom of religion; corruption and lack of transparency; societal discrimination against women, ethnic minorities, and foreign workers; trafficking in persons; and restriction of labor rights."



Sudan har valts till vice-ordförande i generalförsamlingen.

US State Department's rapport om Sudan säger bl.a.:

"Civilians in Darfur continued to suffer from the effects of genocide. Government forces bombed villages, killed civilians including internally displaced persons (IDPs), and collaborated with janjaweed militias and tribal factions to raze villages and perpetrate violence against women...The government's human rights record...abridgement of citizens' right to change their government; extrajudicial and other unlawful killings by government forces and other government-aligned groups throughout the country; disappearances...torture, beatings, rape, and other cruel, inhumane treatment or punishment by security forces; harsh prison conditions; arbitrary arrest and detention, incommunicado detention of suspected government opponents, and prolonged pretrial detention; executive interference with the judiciary and denial of due process; obstruction of the delivery of humanitarian assistance; restrictions on privacy; restrictions on freedom of speech...on the press...on freedoms of assembly, association, religion, and movement...violence and discrimination against women, including female genital mutilation (FGM); child abuse, including sexual violence and recruitment of child soldiers..."