GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N.'s newly formed human rights watchdog ended a three-week session in disarray on Friday over how to address contentious issues such as Darfur, Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territory.
Launched earlier this year to replace the discredited Human Rights Commission, the Council failed to agreed a declaration to cover these questions together with condemning defamation of religion and proclaiming the right to economic development.
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