US envoy says will press anew on UN reforms -paper

[Judi Lynn]

US envoy says will press anew on UN reforms -paper
02 Jan 2006 06:31:23 GMT

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, Jan 2 (Reuters) - Washington's envoy to the United Nations said in an interview published on Monday he planned to press forward in the new year with an effort to restructure the management of the world body.

John Bolton, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told The Washington Post he would seek assurances the U.N. Security Council's five permanent members would be guaranteed posts on a new Human Rights Council.

The newspaper quoted Bolton as saying the Bush administration wanted to ensure the United States was never again denied membership in the United Nations' principal human rights body, as happened in 2001.

The Post characterized the proposal as part of a broader drive by Bolton to place the five permanent Security Council members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- at the center of U.N. decision-making.
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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N02223199.htm

[ixion]

1. shouldn't it be based on countries that respect human rights?

of which the US is not a member.

Bolton is such an a**, IMO, and is doing nothing but continuing to destroy our republic's reputation in the eyes of the world.

[bemildred]

2. New year, same old asshole Dolton. nt

[HuffleClaw]

3. suuuure

idiot. the un has had enough of bush and his minions