US says UN vote is `odd'

Washington - The White House yesterday described as "rather odd" the new makeup of the UN Human Rights Commission that includes…

Washington - The White House yesterday described as "rather odd" the new makeup of the UN Human Rights Commission that includes Sudan and Libya, two countries on the US list of terrorism sponsors, but not the United States.

President Bush would continue to speak out on the need to respect human rights, even though the US failed to win re-election to the commission, the White House spokesman, Mr Ari Fleischer, said.X

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