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The reason for this is simple enough. The present committee is packed with members who are themselves serial abusers of human rights. KofiAnnan, the UN Secretary General, admits that their main purpose in being on the committee is not to strengthen human rights but to protect themselves from criticism.At present, these members include exemplars of virtue such as Zimbabwe, Sudan,Cuba, SaudiArabia, Nepal and Russia—a veritable roll call of the worst offenders.
A、plan of sorts exists to reform this mess. Mr.Annan called for the replacement of the commission, which at present meets for just six weeks once a year, by a leaner, tougher, year-round Human RightsCouncil, which would he ready to act whenever serious abuse was discovered, and whose members should have a solid record on human rights.America and the other leading democracies backed the ideA、The serial abusers did not. In the wrangling at a summit on wider UN reforms, Mr.Annan’s baby was reduced to a skeleton. Many wondered whether it could survive.
Amazingly, it has just. There is now agreement on the need for a new body, on a par with the SecurityCouncil, that would meet several times a year including, when necessary, for emergencies.But its size, powers and composition are still up for grabs. TheAmericans want no more than 30 members, all with solid human-rights credentials, elected by a two-thirds majority of the GeneralAssembly, along with a routine review of human rights in all 191 UN member states. The abusers want as big a body as possible, elected by a simple majority, as at present, with no membership criteria, and no automatic peer review.
Any reform must not just shrink the commission, but must also change the way in which members are electeD、At present, regions usually put forward a slate of candidates corresponding to their allotted number of seats, which the GeneralAssembly votes on to the commission as a block. Under one sensible proposal, regions would be required to put forward more contestants than their quotA、Each candidate country would then stand separately for election by the GeneralAssembly.Early peer review of all members would further reduce the temptation for thugs to try to get seats.But opposition is fierce, not only from the most notorious offenders, but also from those middle-ranking ones who fear their relatively minor abuses would be put under the spotlight.
Timing is tight. The old, unreformed commission is due to hold its next annual meeting. Mr.Annan wants a new one to be ready to take over by then. That means reaching agreement on a blueprint within the next few weeks. If agreement is stymied, the next-best solution will be to wind the existing commission up altogether. Human rights matter too much for the UN to continue to shunt the subject off to a cynical talking shop that has become home to the worst violators. That just blackens the overall reputation of the UN.
B．the powers
C、the duty
D．the size
网考网参考答案：D
网考网解析：
细节题。由题目顺序定位至第五段。首句指出：Any reform must not just shrink the commission...,这与第三段第二句中的a leaner...Human Rights Council内容一致，D符合文意，故为答案。文中没有提到Annan的改革想法和现在的改革在其他方面有相似之处，排除其他三项。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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