Argentinian President Javier Milei Accuses UN of Human Rights Hypocrisies

Argentinian President Javier Milei [pictured right], in his first U.N. speech, accused the international organization of human rights hypocrisies and enabling authoritarian regimes. 

“I’m here to warn you that we are at the end of a cycle, the collectivism and moral posturing of the woke agenda have collided with reality,” Milei told the United Nations on Sept. 24 in New York City.

Milei specifically criticized the Human Rights Council for granting membership to countries such as Cuba and Venezuela, both of which he said have poor human rights records....

“In this very house, which claims to defend human rights, we have allowed access to the Human Rights Council to bloody dictatorships such as Cuba and Venezuela, without the slightest reproach,” he said.

Both countries have served multiple terms on the council despite repeated international criticism of their domestic human rights practices.

Cuba, a one-party socialist state led by the Communist Party of Cuba, is currently a member of the council alongside nations such as Burundi and China, both of which have also faced international scrutiny over their human rights practices.

Milei also turned his attention to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, a U.N. body tasked with monitoring progress on women’s rights globally....

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