The price of doing business in the UN "human rights" world

Paraguay, newly-elected Vice-Chair of the UN "Human Rights" Council, was first elected to the Council in October. Its election was part of what was called a "shocking" upset over the fully-free democracy of Costa Rica.

Notwithstanding its human rights record, Paraguay got 139 votes - that's 72 % of General Assembly members.

Just prior to the vote, Paraguay distributed a gift to every UN member state in the UN General Assembly Hall. It included a bag of Paraguayan baked goodies and a jar of guava jam.

Vice-Chair of the UN's top human rights body comes cheap.