Annan seeks U.N. Security Council, rights reforms

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20 Mar 2005 18:30:32 GMT
Source: Reuters

By Irwin Arieff

UNITED NATIONS, March 20 (Reuters) - Secretary-General Kofi Annan called on the United Nations on Sunday to expand the Security Council and scrap the Commission on Human Rights as part of a package of sweeping reforms at the world body.

Annan, in a report to be delivered on Monday to the 191-nation U.N. General Assembly, also waded into the debate over the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, calling on the Security Council to set out rules for when it should authorize the use of military force.

However, in the use of force as well as in reform of the 15-nation Security Council, Annan did not set out his own recommendations, leaving these questions to U.N. members. <snip>

Before they can take effect, the reforms must be endorsed by world leaders attending a U.N. summit in September and then by the General Assembly. <snip>

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