In an unprecedented turn of events the chief of chiefs amongst top diplomats has backpedalled on a seemingly clear and cut case. Saudi Arabia has been found to be a party “that kill or maim children” in the U.N.'s 2015 Children and Armed Conflict report. However 72 hours after the paper was published UN's boss publicly admitted that Riyadh financially bullied him into taking the country off the child killer blacklist. They did so by threatening to take hundreds of millions USDs away from the organization's counter-terrorism programs and humanitarian relief. Who knew the two vital aspects of UN's ability to facilitate peace in practice are financed by a nation that is the largest Sunni terrorism sponsor in the world.
Coincidence? I don't know. Glenn Wool, Steve Hughes, Jon Stewart deliver the funny. While Jo Becker (advocacy director of the children's rights division at Human Rights Watch) gives us her professional opinion.
