Thread by @HillelNeuer

No joke: Venezuela’s brutal Maduro regime, accused of crimes against humanity, has just become President of the UN-backed Conference on Disarmament.

In 2012, the UN elected Venezuela's oppressive Chavez regime to its highest human rights body, the UNHRC.

We led a global protest with 40 MPs & human rights groups, but the UN ignored our pleas. The UN empowered, legitimized and glorified dictatorship. unwatch.org/40-mps-ngos-pr…

In 2015, with Chavez dead & Maduro now in charge, the UN chose to re-elect the Venezuelan socialist regime to another 3-year term.

unwatch.org/venezuela-uae-…

In 2016, the UN elected Venezuela as Chair of its committee that fights "the subjugation of peoples." unwatch.org/un-elect-syria…

In 2018, UN human rights "expert" Alfred de Zayas whitewashed Maduro’s crimes in a report on Venezuela where the term “political prisoner” appears nowhere, and where dissident heroes like Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma were condemned as warmongers.

unwatch.org/un-rights-coun…

In 2017, the UN held a "human rights" panel with:

• Venezuela ambassador Jorge Romero as Chair

• UNHRC "expert" Jean Ziegler (creator of the Qaddafi Prize) defended the Maduro regime & condemned dissident Leopoldo Lopez.

• De Zayas spoke, too.

unwatch.org/end-human-righ…

In 2016, the UN let Venezuela commit fraud on a massive scale to influence a UN review of its human rights record by organizing an astronomical amount of 519 supposed "non-governmental" groups from Cuba, Venezuela & Bolivia to praise the Maduro regime.

unwatch.org/report-venezue…

In 2016, the UN elected Venezuela to the 54-member ECOSOC, a top UN body that regulates human rights groups, shapes the composition of UN women’s rights bodies & adopts resolutions on subjects ranging from internet freedom to the treatment of prisoners.

unwatch.org/china-russia-u…

In 2016, UN humanitarian agencies in Venezuela ignored the country's hunger and health catastrophe.

The UN's PAHO, FAO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF & WHO turned a blind eye to suffering of millions in Venezuela, apparently due to pressure from the Maduro regime.

unwatch.org/50-venezuelan-…

In 2015, the UN Human Rights Council rolled out the red carpet for Maduro to address a special session created just for his visit, and they gave the tyrant a standing ovation as he launched into a 40-minute rant.

unwatch.org/despite-gross-…