Antinuclear

How Australia hypocritically bought UAE’s vote to get a seat on UN Security Council

Two news items here and, two below these, show the depth of hypocrisy of the Austrakian government and its unelected Foreign Minister, Bob Carr.  We might well ask why Carr was parachuted into that position.   He now presides over hypocrisies such as this one –  the way in which United Arab Emirates was bribed into voting for Australia for the seat on the UN Security Council.

First Australia promises to lift its foreign aid, then agrees to sell uranium to UAE.   Having secured the seat on the UN Security Council, Australia proceeds to cut back the foreign aid.  But we’re still going to sell uranium to UAE – that’s OK. And, maybe later, when the Australian public can be won over, why, Mr Carr might be happy to arrange the take back of UAE’s nuclear wastes? – Christina Macpherson

 Cynical politics drive cuts to overseas aid  By TIM COSTELLO and JACK de GROOT Dec. 20, 2012,  THE federal government has dropped a bombshell on poor communities in developing countries, just in time for Christmas.

UAE to back Australia’s bid for UN Security Council seat, The National,  Awad Mustafa Aug 3, 2012  ABU DHABI , The UAE will back Australia’s bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council this autumn, the Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed has confirmed.

January 17, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, politics international