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Take a look at these UN Authority Figures

Here are some of the dictatorships and human rights basket-cases in UN leadership roles – positions that entail responsibilities diametrically opposed to their qualifications.

States in UN Leadership Positions

• UN General Assembly, Vice-Presidents: China, Russia, Yemen
• UN General Assembly Sixth Committee (Legal), Rapporteur: Sudan
• UN Human Rights Council, Members: Algeria, China, Congo, Cote D’Ivoire, Cuba, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Venezuela, Vietnam
• UN Commission on the Status of Women, Executive Bureau Vice-Chairman: Egypt, CSW Members: Belarus, Iran, Pakistan, Russian Federation
• UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Executive Board: Burkina Faso, China, Ethiopia, Iran, Papua New Guinea, Sierra Leone
• UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT), Advisory Board, Chair: Saudi Arabia
• UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice: Belarus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia
• UN World Tourism Organization, Executive Council – President: Egypt; Vice-Chairman, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Executive Council Members: Iran, Saudi Arabia
• UN Economic and Social Council, Executive Bureau, Vice-Chairman: Zimbabwe, ECOSOC Members: Afghanistan, Algeria, Burkina Faso, China, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lebanon, Pakistan, Somalia, Uganda
• UN Women Executive Board: China, Gabon, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, United Arab Emirates
• UN Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, Vice-Chair and Rapporteur: Azerbaijan, Vice-Chair: Turkey, Mauritania, Committee Members: Burundi, China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Sudan
• UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT), Governing Council: China, Iran, Somalia, Zimbabwe
• UN Post 9/11 Counter-Terrorism Committee (UNSC 1373), Chair: Egypt, Vice-Chair: Russia
• UN Committee on Information, Executive Bureau, Rapporteur: Iran, Committee Members: Belarus, China, Kazakhstan, Libya, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen
• UN Special Committee on Decolonization, Executive Committee, Special Rapporteur: Syria
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Executive Committee, Rapporteur: Ethiopia, Executive Committee Members: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Lebanon, Sudan

Individuals in UN Leadership Positions with Troubling Biases

• UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories: Makarim Wibisono
• UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food: Hilal Elver
• UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, Expert: Jean Ziegler