Saturday, July 17, 2010

Why Americans laugh at international organizations

The director of the World Health Organization called North Korea's medical system the envy of the developing world. Amnesty International, three months after the WHO's announcement, released an interesting report. From AP:

    Amnesty's report on Thursday described North Korea's health care system in shambles, with doctors sometimes performing amputations without anesthesia and working by candlelight in hospitals lacking essential medicine, heat and power. It also raised questions about whether coverage is universal as it — and WHO — claimed, noting most interviewees said they or a family member had given doctors cigarettes, alcohol or money to receive medical care. And those without any of these reported that they could get no health assistance at all.

This is why we laugh at international organizations. It's also the reason we don't want international governance to take over Internet regulation, and why we won't join any world courts. UN? Fuck them, too.

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