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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9819

16 January 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/un/human rights
EU should be more active and ambitious in UN Human Rights Council, says Parliament

Brussels, 15/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament acknowledges and supports the work of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC), which, despite the opposition of the United States and Israel, in 2006, succeeded the UN Human Rights Commission. It regrets, however, that the new multilateral body has not yet brought substantial progress in improving human rights in the world. In a resolution adopted in Strasbourg on 14 January, MEPs bemoan the fact that the HRC has not...

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