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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Iran’s human rights record condemned by UN

by Barney on 21 November 2007

UNGA

The Third Committee of the UN General Assembly yesterday passed a resolution condemning Iran’s appalling human rights record.
But it was a close-run thing.
Iran tabled what’s known in UN terminology as a “No Action Motion” (NAM). Had that motion passed, any further debate on the substantive resolution (initiated by Canada) would have been blocked. After [...]

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