Sri Lanka loses bid for UN human rights panel seat (The Charlotte Observer)
Yahoo May 21st, 2008Sri Lanka, which has been strongly criticized for its human rights record, lost its bid Wednesday for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, but four other countries with poor records won spots - Pakistan, Bahrain, Gabon and Zambia. In a close race for two Western seats on the U.N.’s premier human rights body, France received 123 votes and Britain 120 votes - edging by Spain, which got 119 …
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