Congressional Digest

International Debates Archives May 2006 No. 5 Vol. 4
Honorable John Ensign

The Human Rights Council

A New United Nations Effort to Uphold Its Ideals

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Honorable John Ensign

United States Senator, Nevada, Republican

John Ensign is in his first term in the U.S. Senate, having been elected on November 7, 2000. The following is excerpted from a March 16, 2006, speech made by Senator Ensign on the floor of the Senate.I rise today to decry the failure of the United Nations to create a human rights body that deserves U.S. support. I regret that the United Nations, tasked with the solemn duty to craft a Human Rights Council that would be beyond reproach, has failed in its mission. It has created a council that in its essential components has the same failings as…

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