United Nations Human Rights Council : Issues for Congress.

Discusses replacement of the UN Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) with a new UN Human Rights Council (the Council) as a key component of comprehensive UN reform, and addresses related Congressional issues. Provides background on the Commission; and describes the purpose and responsibilitie...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2009.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Discusses replacement of the UN Commission on Human Rights (the Commission) with a new UN Human Rights Council (the Council) as a key component of comprehensive UN reform, and addresses related Congressional issues. Provides background on the Commission; and describes the purpose and responsibilities, structure and composition, the first two years of work of the Council, U.S. policy and international government and organizational responses, and issues for Congress.
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