November 18, 2008
U.N.'s Human Rights Council Has Mural On Ceiling With A Cost Of $23 Million
I suppose the Human Rights Council feel a "beautiful ceiling" will heal the souls of those who are abused on a daily basis in Arab and other countries. "Waist" not, want not.
The U.N. Human Rights Council, frequently accused of coddling some of the world's most repressive governments, threw itself a party in Geneva Tuesday that featured the unveiling of a $23 million mural paid for in part with foreign aid funds.In a ceremony attended by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo told the press that his 16,000-square-foot ceiling artwork reminded him of "an image of the world dripping toward the sky" — but it reminded critics of money slipping out of relief coffers.
"In Spain there's a controversy because they took money out of the foreign aid budget — took money from starving children in Africa — and spent it on colorful stalactites," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of U.N. Watch.
Can we throw the UN out of the US now?
h/t Island Libertarian at LGF link viewer.
By Stable Hand at November 18, 2008 06:08 PM | | l digg this
