Comments on: ‘[W]e believed the United Nations could save us.’

By: OneFreeKorea » South Korea Abstains Again

OneFreeKorea » South Korea Abstains Again — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 04:26:08 +0000

[...] Almost exactly a year ago, after years of abstentions, the South Koreans finally yielded to intense pressure and voted in favor.Â What changed?Â Â My theory is that America’s betrayal gave the South Koreans cover.Â Remember that next time anyone tries to argue that our diplomacy with North Korea will help ease the oppression in North Korea.Â In fact, we’ve just condoned it with our silence, and in doing so, our diplomats have underscored the farcical uselessness of the vauntedÂ multilateral institution whereÂ they executed their Machiavellian pirouette.Â Here is its epitaph: “[W]e believed the United Nations could save us.”Â — A Yodok survivor [...]

By: China and North Korea: more violations of Human Rights « Spanish Pundit

China and North Korea: more violations of Human Rights « Spanish Pundit — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:10:52 +0000

[...] And do you know who have also behaved like China with North Korean refugees? SEOUL: In 1999, a group of seven North Koreans fleeing their country was intercepted in Russia. The Russian authorities, rejecting appeals from the United Nations and human rights groups, sent them to China. China returned them to North Korea. [...]

By: North Korea Blog » ?[W]e believed the United Nations could save us.?

North Korea Blog » ?[W]e believed the United Nations could save us.? — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 07:59:04 +0000

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By: Joshua

Joshua — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 23:39:04 +0000

Van: Look no further than the cowardly performance of the UNHCR on the refugee issue.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050227/news_mz1e27rosett.html

By: DPRK Refugee Repatriation: An Example We Know About at DPRK Studies

DPRK Refugee Repatriation: An Example We Know About at DPRK Studies — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:45:13 +0000

[...] ‘[W]e believed the United Nations could save us.’ [...]

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:37:49 +0000

You just named 2 of the heavy hitters in the U.N.

The UN creates a Security Council, commissions on human rights – its very mandate is supposed to be about preventing war, advancing freedom and democracy, and dealing with things like a Hitler and the kind of atrocities (both via war and oppression of the people) that Hitler unleashed.

How can a nation like North Korea do what it does decade after decade without it being a blow to the United Nations?

The United Nations is a group of nations. Some more powerful than others. With Russia and China being two of the heavy hitters….

Laying the blame for NK at their feet is laying the blame at the feet of the UN as well.

(And the US can’t escape the tar either….)

By: van

van — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:44:12 +0000

The blame here rests first with N.K, second with Russia, third with China, fourth with S.K. Not sure how you can level blame at the U.N here.

By: usinkorea

usinkorea — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 14:09:29 +0000

I’m working on a page for the Yantai Incident that will basically be a platform to present the video of the North Korean who told about her experience as part of the recent NKHR Week.

One point I add is to emphasize how she and another person who had escaped the initial police net in China turned themselves in after seeing the news coverage about the incident – because they thought the group would eventually be sent South.

I don’t know if it would be better or not for North Koreans to get just a little more info about the outside world.

They would perhaps lose that last ray of hope – but they would also understand how little the world cares.