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Annan calls on Human Rights Council to strive for unity, avoid familiar fault lines

29 November 2006
The members of the United Nations Human Rights Council must be careful to avoid becoming divided between developed and developing countries, Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned today as he urged them to embrace the universality of rights.

From Golan Heights to access to water, UN Human Rights Council resumes work

27 November 2006
The United Nations Human Rights Council passed three resolutions and adopted seven decisions as it resumed its second session today, considering subjects ranging from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights to the integrity of judicial systems to access to water.

UN Human Rights Council should broaden its focus beyond Middle East – Annan

21 November 2006
Secretary-General Kofi Annan today voiced the hope that the new United Nations Human Rights Council, a major reform he had sought, would broaden its work from just considering the Palestinian-Israeli issue so as to avoid the perception of unfairness.

UN Human Rights Council denounces recent Israeli military actions in northern Gaza

15 November 2006
Condemning Israel’s recent military activities in the northern Gaza Strip, including an attack at Beit Hanoun which resulted in 19 deaths, the United Nations Human Rights Council today called for urgent international action to end those incursions and voted to send a fact-finding mission to the region.