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New member
Is it just me, or do the Candians seem to get in the most trouble at the UN - from Oil to Food, Rwanda, now this.
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Arbour defends record on rights
Accused of failing to take public action on bias against Jews
STEVEN EDWARDS, CanWest News Service
Published: 15 hours ago
Canada's Louise Arbour, the top human rights official at the United Nations, has denied accusations from a prominent UN watchdog organization that she has "failed to take any public action" on bias against Jews.
"The high commissioner for human rights has continuously condemned the multiple forms of intolerance and discrimination, including anti-Semitism, racial discrimination and xenophobia," a spokesperson for Arbour said in a statement issued yesterday.
"The high commissioner has used the various tools and mechanisms at her disposal, including through support to the relevant special procedures mandates, to denounce and demand reforms in these areas, as well as reminding states of their obligations to promote and protect all human rights, everywhere and at all times."
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