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Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20060906-105723-1449r.htm
UN Rights Panel Off to Rocky Start
[Washington Times] David R. Sands - The UN's revamped human rights body, the new Human Rights Council, created this spring to replace the ineffectual and widely disparaged Commission on Human Rights. has thus far failed to live up to reformers' expectations, with its first two special sessions devoted to slamming Israel's handling of the war in Lebanon, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Mark Lagon told a House International Relations subcommittee Wednesday.