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UN rights chief says double the cash and staff |
2005-05-29 |
UNITED NATIONS: UN human rights programmes need twice as many staffers and twice as much cash if the world body is to bridge the gap between "lofty rhetoric" and "sobering realities," the top UN rights official said on Friday. The main UN human rights body is hamstrung in dealing with the "daily assaults on human dignity and freedom," despite progress over the past 60 years, Louise Arbour, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said in a report requested by Secretary-General Kofi Annan. "In an organisation pledged to promote and protect human rights, this is a call to action," Arbour wrote. "Our objective must be to help bridge the gap between the lofty rhetoric of human rights in the halls of the United Nations, and its sobering realities on the ground." Arbour said staff and money should double over the next five to six years and more bureaus opened in individual countries. She called for rapid-response teams, monitors in peacekeeping operations and a proper follow-up to hundreds of findings submitted in reports by UN rights investigators. |
Posted by:Fred |
#3 Look, America, we'll provide you jobs! |
Posted by: anonymous2u 2005-05-29 12:10 |
#2 this is a call to action... Whoa, lady, if you're trying to get Kofi to give you more money that's the worst possible approach you could have taken. Now that he knows you want action he's not even going to return your phone calls. |
Posted by: Matt 2005-05-29 10:48 |
#1 quick, bring on a larger assembly of perverts and give them more dollars. Signed, The 'High' Commish |
Posted by: Captain America 2005-05-29 01:29 |