The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), with 118 member states and 21 observer states, is a group of nations who do not consider themselves to be formally aligned with or against any power bloc -- neither East nor West. Their mission is the pursuit of national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and security in their 'struggle' against imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism, racism, and all forms of foreign aggression, occupation, domination, interference or hegemony.
Given these noble goals, it's truly astonishing that NAM chose Iran to be the group's chair for the next three years and as a result, Tehran will be the host city for its 16th summit, slated to begin on August 26.
Not only is Tehran hosting the summit, attendees received invitations from non-other than Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinjad. According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry's Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast, the overarching goal of the summit is to "eliminate world problems." Jews may very well be one of them. Just last week Ahmadinejad, in yet another anti-Semitic rant, said,
It has now been some 400 years that a horrendous Zionist clan has been ruling the major world affairs, and behind the scenes of the major power circles, in political, media, monetary and banking organizations in the world, they have been the decision makers...
Do any of the Non-Aligned Movement member states recognize the infuriating irony that an organization seeking to solve the world's problems and enhance its own stature in the international arena is choosing to hold its summit in one of the world's most dangerous and problematic nations, not to mention the most blatantly anti-Semitic one, while simultaneously honoring the meeting's hosts who regularly commit egregious human-rights abuses?
Even far more serious however, would be the participation of Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General, at such an outrageous event, as recent media reports indicate.
Another question: How can the UN Secretary-General go to a country openly disobeying and flouting six UN Security Council Resolutions calling on it to cease its nuclear weapons program and other activities, not the least of which is the continued and widespread supply of weapons to Syria, Hezbollah and Hamas -- without dealing with those issues and only those issues. After all, Iran is the world's primary state sponsor of terror, according to the State Department. And for years, Iran has openly insulted the very essence of the United Nations by thumbing its nose at its own Security Council decisions. What's more, Iran openly declares its wish to annihilate another UN member state.
If the participants at the Non-Aligned Movement conference want to maintain even an ounce of integrity and credibility, they will forcefully deliver the following messages to the Iranian regime during the summit:
If the Non-Aligned Movement fails to deliver these messages to the Iranian regime, it will have forfeited the opportunity to meet its goal of "eliminating world problems" before its meeting adjourns.
Because one of the...no! .... the oldest country in the world will not bow down to what the US wants...... the author believes they have no right to start their own exclusive club...............
The people of Israel have no fear of Iran, as proven by the fact that Iran has the biggest population of Israeli's of ALL the Arab states............ and they all get along just fine.......
The only ones that have to fear this 'Club' is the US and those who support her!
If that were the case, Israel could have already attacked Iran.
The fact is... no one is going to do anything.
All I'm saying is that as a sovereign nation, Israel needs to stop being so belligerent an America needs to let the world know that it will not defend Israel. Israel has managed to almost starve the Palestinians. .
"Criticism of TIP includes describing it as "a right-wing media advocacy group" using "pro-settlement fear-mongering talking points" which are "incendiary, dangerous, and counterproductive", by the two-state advocacy group J street[12] and argue that its rhetoric and alliance with figures "far outside the mainstream of American politics" only serves to simultaneously undermine the image of the State of Israel and TIP's stated purpose, by J-Street which is itself far outside the mainstream of American & American Jewish politics."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Project
-AZINDOW
Please, call the irony from a moral high ground, but don't aim to compare it to the UN.
The UN is far, far worse in its hipocrisy. After all, it just stood idly by while the US bypassed and steamrolled its way into Iraq. If it were a lesser nation, or if the UN was a self-respecting body, it would have kicked US out a long, long time ago.
Just one question: The article says, "How can the UN Secretary-General go to a country openly disobeying UNSC resolutions." What horrors! Well, let me see, how many UNSC resolutions has Israel "disobeyed" over the years?
well that's of-course kosher..
UN can stop denigrating herself by adapting one set of laws applicable for all UN member states, one member state can not be sanctioned for enriching uranium while at the same time being lawfully permitted to enrich uranium by UN Non-Proliferation Treaty!
All UN member state should condemn and prosecute foreign financed terrorists and their state sponsors for waging war against Syria sovereign government and slaughtering Syrian people as a collateral damage!
Overwhelming majority of UN member states consider Hamas and Hezbollah to be indigenous freedom fighters, fighting a apartheid state!
Israel must stop acting childish by forcing herself in to affairs of others, being pro Palestinian does not make one anti-Semitic except by Zionists of course!
All UN members must halt its unfathomable human rights violations, including US for such as unjustified executions of US citizens, including but not limited to underage and mentally challenged!
Since Western camp do not belong to Non-Aligned Movement by virtue of being aligned already, they should stop demanding NAM to become a Aligned Movement, that's ridiculous!