Countdown: Top 10 Worst UN Actions of 2018 – Selected by UN Watch

10. Maduro Regime Glorified by First UN Rights Official to Visit Venezuela Alfred de Zayas, UNHRC’s “Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order.”In September 2018, Venezuela’s Maduro regime was legitimized in an official expert report by Alfred de Zayas, the UN Human Rights Council’s “Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order.” As UN Watch warned during Zayas’ visit to Venezuela — when he posted propaganda photos pretending that starving Venezuelans actually had an abundance of food — his outcome…

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