I think Ms.Naveneetham Pillay is not directly responsible for the inaccuracies of her statement and unverified statistics. Because she is apparently just a puppet of the reactionary and anti-progressive elements of her Office in the UN Human Rights Commission.
The people behind these high offices of Director Generals and High Commissioner of the Organisations of the United Nations System are the members of the International Community who are out to discredit the holders of such posts if they are not of the International Community.
They make the UN Commissioner, the UNESCO Director General and even the Director General of the UNO their puppets. It is they who collect information, prepare the policy statements and they present the reports to be read out by a Director Generals, or the High Commissioner.
When the LTTE terrorists communication centre was bombed in November, 2007, and two terrorist were killed, the Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsuura issued a statement condemning the Government Forces of Sri Lanka for air strikes on the Voice of Tigers’ Radio Station. That was also a statement prepared by his office which the Director General allowed to be sent out under his signature. ( I had heard it been said that the Director General was away on a Mission, when the statement under his name was issued to the press.) This is what happens when non-European people however qualified, are appointed to Direct the Organisations of the UN System. They merely become the spokespersons for their white subordinates.
If Ms.Navaneetham Pillay wants to contribute to an effective application of the United Nations Human Rights policies, she has to assert her position as the Commissioner of Human Rights without being a mere puppet in the hands of his subordinates signing any document or parroting any statement prepared by her Directors and Assistant Directors. They merely work for their salaries and have no commitment for the service expected of them to carry out the policies of the Human Rights Commission for the betterment of the people or the countries concerned.
Some time back an American was appointed as the Deputy Director of Education to UNESCO. He overlooked all administrative and financial regulations of the UNESCO., and gave contracts to American Companies for construction of buildings overlooking UNESCO contract procedures. He appointed his wife as the liaison officer between the Construction Companies and the UNESCO. He transferred all those who pointed out to him the irregularities of his actions. This is the mentality of some of the personal of the member states of the International Community. They presume they could do any thing if they have the correct “back ground”.
It was recently I sent an appeal to Ms. Pillay pointing out to her that when the UN Human Rights Commission is fighting for violation of human right in the countries of the world, she should also perhaps investigate whether there may be instances of violation of human rights of the personnel working within the UN System. I have not eve received an acknowledgement to the letter, despite two reminders I sent to her Office.
If Ms.Navaneetham Pillay has accepted the Post of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights for the prestige of occupying that high office, and remain a mere “ rubberstamp”, no body would raise objection. But if she reads out statements prepared by her office “ cutting and pasting” news reports appearing in the Tamil Net, and other pro-terrorist Websites, then it becomes our right as the citizens of Sri Lanka to call her to stop. If she is to contribute in a more positive way against violation of human rights in the member states of the UNSystem, she should immediately change her Office Staff and appoint more reliable persons.
She should be more careful of the reports presented to her, and check them herself if necessary before they are presented in public. The International Community is against developing countries and above all against the coloured people. This is evident from what is going on in USA at the present moment. The President of USA Mr. Barrack Obama had good intentions and wants to change the image of USA, adopting not an aggressive approach to the Nations of the World , but an attitude of friendship with a willingness to engage in a constructive dialogue.
But what is the result, the Republican Party has boycotted him, and a group calling themselves a liberal Democrats from his own Party is preparing to oppose him. The bail out plan which he launched was not supported by the Republicans, and the Insurance Giant which was on the brink of bankruptcy, when it was paid a substantial amount of money to revitalise itself, the first thing the Directorate of the Company did was to pay them selves bonuses amounting to 165 million dollars.
This is the world we live in. It is a great opportunity for Ms. Naneetham Pillay to have been appointed to the High Post of HCUNHRC, but she should assert her position by changing the personnel, and changing the principles hitherto followed by the UNHCHR.
She should accept Governments as more responsible, and the information they produce more reliable than those provided by groups of terrorists. She should learn to understand the responsibilities of governments, rather than make them helpless in their fights against terrorists and undemocratic elements making false accusation on unverified reports.
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