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DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION AFFAIRS MARK LAGON ADDRESSES CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CAUCUS

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February 8, 2006
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The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Organization Affairs issued the following press release:

Mark P. Lagon, Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Organization Affairs Remarks to Congressional Human Rights Caucus

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Caucus:

I would like to thank you for allowing me the opportunity to brief you on the progress that has been made toward establishing a new more effective human rights body within the UN. As you know, the current Commission on Human Rights (CHR) is in a state of such disrepair that the UN leadership and other nations have joined the United States' demand for dramatic reform. The CHR has become a safe haven for the world's worst ...

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