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Libya to chair UN Human Rights Commission? (Insider Report).(United Nations Human Rights Commission)(Brief Article)
During the inaugural summit of the African Union in July, Libya was nominated to preside over the next session of the UN's Human Rights Commission (which begins next March). Although all 53 governments represented in the Geneva-based UN panel must ratify the selection, spokesmen for Muammar Qaddafi's dictatorship treated the nomination itself as a vindication of the regime.
"Libya is a country where the respect of human rights is enshrined," declared a statement from the Libyan foreign ministry. "The ...
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