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Assembly President Jan Eliasson

In bid for wider consensus, debate on new Rights Council put off till next week

10 March 2006
In a bid to secure the widest possible consensus for the new United Nations Human Rights Council, General Assembly President Jan Eliasson has postponed from today until early next week a plenary meeting on what Secretary-General Kofi Annan has called an essential element in reforming the world organization.
Assembly President Jan Eliasson

UN Assembly President hails Nobel peace laureates’ support for Human Rights Council

6 March 2006
United Nations General Assembly President Jan Eliasson is “encouraged” by support for the proposed Human Rights Council from five Nobel Peace Prize laureates and is continuing “intensive consultations” to get agreement over the body put forward to replace the much-criticized Commission on Human Rights, his spokesperson said today.
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.