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Secretary-General Kofi Annan

Proposed Human Rights Council is ‘issue of great importance to all’: Annan

2 March 2006
Warning that the proposed Human Rights Council could “unravel” if Member States made the wrong moves in the ongoing negotiations over the body, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said today that the Council was of utmost importance to all nations and the stakes in the ongoing debate were “very high.”
Assembly President Jan Eliasson

States should transcend national concerns to agree on Human Rights Council: Eliasson

1 March 2006
Calling on Member States to transcend their national positions and forge global solutions, General Assembly President Jan Eliasson said today that it was crucial to get speedy agreement on setting up a new United Nations Human Rights Council, the body put forward to replace the much-criticized Commission on Human Rights.