President Bush said the U.N. Human Rights Commission lacks credibility. In his keynote speech on U.N. reform Wednesday to the opening session of the 2005-2006 U.N. General Assembly, Bush said the commission — which criticizes Israel more than any other nation, while including tyrannical regimes among its members — symbolizes what’s wrong with the institution.
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