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The United Nations emerged from another emergency meeting Tuesday to announce a startling revelation: shutting down one of the world's busiest maritime chokepoints could have consequences.
The international body condemned the renewed fighting between the United States and Iran, warning that another closure of the Strait of Hormuz would create humanitarian problems across the globe. Apparently, even the U.N. has noticed that stopping the flow of oil, food and medicine isn't exactly a winning strategy.
U.N. rights chief Volker Turk called the renewed attacks "a huge setback for civilians in the region and beyond," warning about the "impact on human rights far beyond the region."
The strait "is a vital lifeline on which millions are reliant," Turk said.
More on Turk.
He is an anti-Zionist Austrian-born UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, which in his case, is an oxymoron. Since Oct, 7, 2023, Turk has been consistently critical of Israel's refusal to do nothing about the attack, while softly condemning the Hamassholes who FA'd. While he did refer to Hamas' slaughtering of Jews "heinous, brutal and shocking" war crimes, he apparently cannot comprehend Israel's need to defend herself.This anti-Semite repeatedly accused Israel of war crimes, "mass killing" of Palestine civilians [without mentioning how Hamas fires rockets among the civilian population], hindering humanitarian aid, thus contributing to starvation, [without mentioning how Hamas blocks or steals the aid, uses it or sells it back to Gazans], and the "horrifying and unconscionable suffering" meted out to Palestinians [which doesn't actually exist]. This is not an exhaustive list of Turk's anti-Zionist claims, but you get the picture.
A lifeline is one way of describing the narrow waterway through which a massive share of the world's energy supply travels. It turns out civilization enjoys having cargo ships reach their destinations instead of playing maritime bumper cars with Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
"Disruptions to the flow of food, medicines, and other necessary commodities have severe socioeconomic and humanitarian consequences, both regionally and globally, he continued, adding that diplomacy, restraint and de-escalation must be prioritized," Turk said.
It is a familiar refrain from Turtle Bay, where calls for "restraint" tend to always arrive after terrorists, dictators or rogue regimes strike the innocents.
Turk also insisted hostilities between the U.S. and Iran "must stop immediately," urging an immediate return to the ceasefire, especially due to the fact that Iran is getting its butt handed to them.
The appeal will no doubt be filed alongside the U.N.'s long and distinguished collection of sternly worded statements that have proven absolutely terrifying to the world's most aggressive regimes. Not!
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"Disruptions to the flow of food, medicines, and other necessary commodities have severe socioeconomic and humanitarian consequences, both regionally and globally, he continued, adding that diplomacy, restraint and de-escalation must be prioritized," Turk said.
It is a familiar refrain from Turtle Bay, where calls for "restraint" tend to always arrive after terrorists, dictators or rogue regimes strike the innocents.
Turk also insisted hostilities between the U.S. and Iran "must stop immediately," urging an immediate return to the ceasefire, especially due to the fact that Iran is getting its butt handed to them.
The appeal will no doubt be filed alongside the U.N.'s long and distinguished collection of sternly worded statements that have proven absolutely terrifying to the world's most aggressive regimes. Not!
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