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Article: Divisive 'problems ahead' for U.N. Eliasson counters U.S. doubts on new rights panel.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
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- April 20, 2006
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Byline: David R. Sands and Betsy Pisik, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The president of the U.N. General Assembly yesterday defended the world body's overhaul of its human rights panel, but warned that in the days ahead, the United Nations faces an even more difficult fight over critical management reforms.
"We have problems ahead of us. I will not hide the fact that the management issues are very difficult and we face a polarization of the membership," veteran Swedish diplomat Jan Eliasson said in an interview with reporters and editors at The Washington Times.
That polarization reared its head late Tuesday, when a bloc of developing nations introduced a ...