[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2352]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge other nations to 
join us in the United States in voting against the proposed United 
Nations Human Rights Council. This council is by no means true reform. 
Some may argue that we have actually gone from bad to worse; that it is 
easier for the likes of China or Syria, Iran, Burma and Cuba to get on 
this council than it would be for the United States.
  That is what we are dealing with in the current proposal. All 
countries on the U.N. General Assembly are eligible to become members 
no matter what their human rights record. This is the same General 
Assembly that in November of last year, amidst the horrible genocide 
taking place in Darfur, could not agree that Sudan was guilty of human 
rights violations.
  For the sake of the victims of human rights abuses, we must take 
immediate action to prevent this travesty. Let us support our 
ambassador, John Bolton, in rejecting this so-called reform package 
which is nothing but a sham.

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