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Transcript: AMBASSADOR JOHN BOLTON U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR JOHN BOLTON DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE U.N. GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DRAFT RESOLUTION
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Washington Transcript Service
03-16-2006
AMBASSADOR BOLTON DELIVERS REMARKS AT THE U.N. GENERAL
ASSEMBLY ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DRAFT RESOLUTION,
AS RELEASED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT
MARCH 16, 2006
SPEAKER: AMBASSADOR JOHN R. BOLTON,
U.S. PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE UNITED NATIONS
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BOLTON: Thank you, Mr. President,
Since the creation of the United Nations in 1945, the United
States has been one of the strongest proponents for its meaningful engagement
on human rights issues. Eleanor Roosevelt, the U.S. delegate to the first
UN Commission on Human Rights, was one of the driving forces in the drafting
of the Universal Declaration on Human ...