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Article: Kofi Annan Calls U.N. Human-Rights Commission 'Weaker'.
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- April 25, 2003
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By Marika Lynch, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 25--U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan Thursday admonished members of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights for sending weak messages -- just one week after the group decided not to condemn Cuba for its recent crackdown on dissidents.
"This is a time when your mission to promote and protect human rights in the widest sense is more important than ever, your responsibility to act more urgent," Annan told the commission.
"And yet, divisions and disputes in recent months have made your voice not stronger, but weaker; your voice in the great debates about human rights ...