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Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/09/20070925-4.html
Bush at UN: Support Moderate Palestinians, Reform UN Human Rights Council
[White House] President Bush told the UN General Assembly on Tuesday: "The Palestinian territories have moderate leaders, mainstream leaders that are working to build free institutions that fight terror, and enforce the law, and respond to the needs of their people." "The international community must support these leaders, so that we can advance the vision of two democratic states, Israel and Palestine, living side-by-side in peace and security." "The American people are disappointed by the failures of the Human Rights Council. This body has been silent on repression by regimes from Havana to Caracas to Pyongyang and Tehran - while focusing its criticism excessively on Israel." "To be credible on human rights in the world, the United Nations must reform its own Human Rights Council."