Published in The Washington Post

Anti-Israel at the U.N.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007; A14

Regarding Jackson Diehl's June 25 op-ed, "A Shadow on the Human Rights Movement":
As Mr. Diehl noted, the U.N. Human Rights Council can't even call Israel by its name while giving it the brunt of its condemnation. And who sits on this commission? For one: Sudan, the country that brought the world the genocide in Darfur.

But the differences between this human rights body and the United Nations' previous one are trivial. They both are a black eye for the United Nations and its foundational principle of equality for all nations.

It is fair to extrapolate from the record of this council and conclude that the rest of the United Nations is also agenda-driven in this way. Why else has there been no protest or inquiry?

MICHAEL BERENHAUS
Potomac