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UN reforms: cause for celebration or concern?

Publication: WE!
Publication Date: 01-DEC-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: UN reforms: cause for celebration or concern?(Inter-Movements)

Article Excerpt
With numerous scandals and accusations of mismanagement confronting the United Nations during his term, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan proposed a major reform of the world body, from the membership of the Security Council, to its becoming more democratic in nature. One of the main proposals is on a new Human Rights Council (HRC) to replace the UN'S Commission on Human Rights.

The problem with the Commission has been that its membership was open to all countries, regardless of the country's record in human rights violations. Indeed, according to Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth, the reason why abusive governments became members of the Commission was to "prevent condemnation of themselves, and most of the time they succeed."

An example is the inaction of the United Nations on widespread accusations of grave abuses...

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