Comments on: UN’s Credibility Called Into Question

By: Bristow

Bristow — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 21:36:45 +0000

So why have’nt you answered this, you green egg heads

By: Bristow

Bristow — Wed, 23 May 2007 16:42:09 +0000

In an extraordinary show of hypocrisy, and defiance of world opinion and decent values, Southern Rhodesia (sometimes known as “Zimbabwe”) has been elected to Chair the United Nations’ Committee on Sustainable Development. Its nomination was backed by African nations, testimony to Africa’s self-destructive streak (Gadaffi’s Libya once chaired the UN Human Rights Commission).
Once the grain-basket of Africa, this country’s corruption and mis-government have destroyed its agriculture to the point where it can no longer feed itself. Its economy is in self-destruct mode, with 80% unemployment and four-digit inflation. Not much sustainable development there.
The decision tells you a great deal about the UN. It is for the most part a corrupt and ineffectual body, whose main purpose seems to be to provide a platform for sanctimonious posturing by some of the world’s most odious and anti-democratic nations. So no parallels with the EU there, then.
(With thanks to Roger Helmer MEP)

By: Bristow

Bristow — Thu, 17 May 2007 17:02:08 +0000

I think this highlights a deeper problem in the World itself as its hard for the World to take this issue seriously when we keep preaching the majority of carbon emissions are made by the West itself. Come on the majority of carbon emissions are made by nature – the sea, all living things breathing out, vegetation decaying etc. And whats this with carbon emissions anyway – the sun causes the planet to warm or cool down. As our planet warms up, this in itself generates more carbon emissions. The so called scientific community have got the causality the wrong way round – global warming causes CO2 to rise with a time lag of at least 100 years. It is not CO2 levels rising that causes global warming. I do wish we would could take this on board and use our heads and channel our energies into doing something properly constructive such as helping these African and other 2nd/3rd world countries to achieve the sort of economic success and relative peace we enjoy in the Western World. But unlikely to happen while we have countries led by greedy, corrupt despots such as Mugabe trampling all over their own people. Worrying about the environment is a NO No for these downtrodden peoples they are just trying to survive. Worrying about the Environment is a luxury only rich countries can indulge in and even then they get the science very wrong!

By: Lucy Johnson

Lucy Johnson — Mon, 14 May 2007 21:01:47 +0000

I think this highlights a deeper problem on the African continent, as it’s hard for African countries to take this issue seriously when the majority of carbon emissions are made by the west anyway- it just looks like the developed world trying to keep everybody else down, doesn’t it? I think it’s amazing that a Zimbabwean minister can talk about democracy with a straight face, though, I am sure Tsvangirai also finds it interesting, as he nurses his head wounds…

By: Bristow

Bristow — Mon, 14 May 2007 15:18:40 +0000

I don’t think it really matters as whatever we do vis a vis climate change will be completely irrelevant in the great scheme of things, just let the climate change as it has done for 12 billion years. It is the Sun that does it!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 14 May 2007 11:14:42 +0000

Yes, it is quite strange – the chair is rotated among regions of the world. This year it was Africa’s turn to elect the position and for some reason it chose Zimbabwe! The joke is, that Nhema won’t even be able to be invited to the chair because of the travel sanctions imposed by the UK and the US. The whole system for election is flawed.

By: tom

tom — Sun, 13 May 2007 23:57:59 +0000

I cannot quite understand on what grounds Zimbabwe was elected into the chair position. Seems very strange – especially given the fact that it was a blind vote.