The creation of the new UN Human Rights Council has reached
the final stage. After months of intense negotiation, the UN
has come up with a compromise text. All of countries except
the United States have accepted this draft. The United
States is opposing this draft and is threatening to call for
a vote, which will effectively kill the new UN Human Rights
Council.
ACT NOW
Please contact Secretary Rice TODAY and urge her to support
the current draft.
The existing Commission on Human Rights has not been able to
address widespread or serious human rights violations in
many countries. The Human Rights Council, as proposed in the
draft resolution now before the General Assembly, would be
better equipped to address both urgent and long-running
human rights situations, whenever they occur.
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