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Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, the fact that the motion for a resolution creating the Human Rights Council was adopted by such a resounding majority – 70 votes in favour, 4 against and 3 abstentions – would certainly give the impression that this Council will have a certain credibility.
There is no doubt that 9 May, election day for members of the Council, will be a landmark day in the emergence of the fledgling council. On this point, I trust that candidate countries will submit their candidacies one month ahead of the vote, as the Union has requested they do.
The Council is set to meet for the first time in Geneva on 16 June, and I trust that we shall be attending the session in good numbers. Whilst the Human Rights Council is undeniably a happy outcome of the last UN summit, it is also true that the big winner has in fact been multilateral architecture, with the creation, also in December 2005, of the Peacebuilding Committee, which is similarly set to meet soon.
The year 2006 is set to be a good one for multilateralism. In both cases, the EU has shown its commitment to effective multilateralism. It has also demonstrated leadership and its ability also to wield some influence in this UN reform. I feel that we can continue down this path together."@en1
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