World IN BRIEF : SWITZERLAND : U.N. Panel Censures Cuba but Not China
From Times Wire Reports
The U.N. Commission on Human Rights, meeting in Geneva, passed a U.S.-backed motion of censure against Cuba for violating human rights but did not take similar action against China. With more than half the members of the 53-nation forum abstaining, the commission voted 20 to 5 to adopt the resolution criticizing Cuba. Meanwhile, the panel upheld a motion by China to take no action on a mildly worded Western-backed resolution voicing concern about the human rights situation in the world’s most populous nation.
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