Strasbourg, 16/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday the European Parliament adopted the report by the EPP-ED, PES, ALDE, Greens/EFA and UEN groups. Welcoming the decision of the United Nations to create a Human Rights Council to replace the Human Rights Commission, it called on all UN members to ensure that the Council will be able to protect and promote human rights and on the EU to play a leading role in this new body.
On Wednesday, the General Assembly of the UN approved by an...