"...The UN consistently gets very serious matters laughably wrong, so their judgment about what is funny should not be trusted.
Not a chuckle was heard when Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said 'we will never resort to violence and terrorism,' a laughable claim less than two weeks after a Palestinian teen, inspired by Abbas' claims about Israeli designs on the Temple Mount, murdered Ari Fuld
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Saudi Arabia and Iran, countries that follow strict religious laws requiring women's subjugation to men in various areas, are both on UN committees meant to improve the status of women.
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Perhaps most absurd is that Syria was the chair of the UN conference this year dealing with disarmament from chemical and nuclear weapons.
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The UN Human Rights Council, featuring the aforementioned luminaries China and Saudi Arabia among others, has a permanent agenda item requiring it to debate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at each session.
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In contrast with the UN's many absurdities, Trump made many commendable – and dead serious – remarks in his speech.
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The UN General Assembly attendees may have laughed at Trump, but he's the one who gets the last laugh."