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Venezuela: Denied Human Rights Council Membership

Written byDavid Sasaki
Posted 12 May 2006 23:49 GMT

As per usual a post on Oil Wars has inspired an absolute avalanche of comments. The fodder: why wasn't Venezuela elected to the new Human Rights Council when China, Cuba, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan were?

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