A day after Israel’s ambassador to the UN Danny Danon was humiliated by the UN’s human rights expert Francesca Albanese, it was US ambassador Mike Waltz’s turn – this time at the hands of Cuba’s dignified foreign minister Bruno RodrÃguez.
Mike Waltz: humiliated
RodrÃguez raised a simple point of order, accusing Mike Waltz of lying to the UN General Assembly and insulting its dignity by lying about Cuba’s influence and activities as he attempted to argue against a UN resolution to lift US sanctions on Cuba.
After it, Waltz was not permitted to continue speaking, and the assembled nations voted massively in favour of the resolution to end the embargo, with 165 of the UN’s 193 member states supporting it – the US mission to the UN could only publish the speech he would have given in an attempt to mask Waltz’s humiliation and the world’s condemnation:
