Transcript: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL:KRISTEN SILVERBERG

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Congressional Testimony
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July 26, 2007
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Congressional Testimony
07-26-2007
Statement of Kristen Silverberg Assistant Secretary, International Organization
Affairs Department of State Committee on Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
on International Operations and Organizations, Democracy and Human Rights
July 26, 2007 Mr. Chairman, thank you for convening this hearing to discuss
the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) at the end of its first year. I appreciate
the opportunity to present the Department`s views. U.S. and Multilateral
Human Rights Work Since the founding of the United Nations, the United
States has worked to make that body a champion for people living under
oppressive governments. The United States has worked through the UN to

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