Correction: Prodding the U.N.

March 2, 2006
The Washington Post
Original Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/01/AR2006030102286.html
 
A Feb. 28 editorial misrepresented the proposal for a United Nations human rights council put forward by Jan Eliasson, president of the U.N. General Assembly. Mr. Eliasson proposes that countries seeking a seat on the council must win votes from a majority of U.N. member states, not from a majority of the states that vote on their candidacy. Because of the possibility of abstentions, Mr. Eliasson's proposal sets a higher bar than the one we described.