What utter nonsense. Again.
Let me guess, straight from the same tabloid rags that headline "Obama, ETs and UFOs" being in cohoorts...
Fact check.
UN housing expert makes
first visit to the US
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20 October 2009
GENEVA -- The Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Ms. Raquel Rolnik, will visit the United States of America from 22 October to 8 November 2009 at the invitation of the Government.
"I will collect first-hand information on the status of realization of the right to adequate housing in the US, with particular emphasis on social housing, the foreclosure crisis and homelessness," said Ms Rolnik. "The United States has been implementing a variety of programs and policies towards providing adequate housing for everyone. I want to look at their functioning and impact from a human rights perspective."
The Special Rapporteur will hold meetings with senior Government officials including at the Department of State and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. She will also meet NGO representatives.
Ms Rolnik will visit Washington DC, New York, Wilkes-Barre, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles and the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
The Special Rapporteur will hold a press conference on Sunday 8 November 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at a centre for homeless people in Washington DC (the Center for Creative Non-Violence (CCNV), 425 2nd St NW). A report on the visit will be submitted to the Human Rights Council in 2010.
Ms. Rolnik's
previous visits have included The Maledives, Canada, South Africa, Spain, and Australia.
The general objectives of these country visits are:
a) to examine and report on the status of the realization of housing rights in the country, with particular attention to aspects of gender equality and non-discrimination and the protection of the poor, the vulnerable and minorities;
(b) to engage in dialogues with the Government, United Nations and intergovernmental agencies and civil society in their efforts to secure these rights;
(c) to identify practical solutions and best practices in the realization of rights relevant to the mandate;
(d) to follow up on relevant concluding observations made by treaty bodies and other international bodies and assess their impacts on policies adopted by the countries concerned.
Furthermore, depending on the particular country context, the mission may have a specific thematic focus on priority issues that the Special Rapporteur has identified.
In other words, the Special Rapporteur is there to help U.N. member states to excel.
Oh the horror the horror!
