UN General Assembly
2006

Latin America, as the President of our sister Republic of Bolivia said earlier today, are markets and partners, not bosses or others who would continue to seize the wealth and natural resources of the peoples of our region. On the subject of human rights, we welcome the fact that, through a process of focused consultations, the General Assembly, in March, adopted resolution 60/251, which established the Human Rights Council. That Council will have a mechanism for the periodic and universal review of States’ compliance with their obligations in this important area, a review based on dialogue and cooperation. What we want is that the criteria for assessing human rights be applied in the same way and using the same principles both to developing countries and to developed countries. The assessment of human rights would thus not affect only developing countries and countries with emerging economies, which are making great efforts at institution-building and at consolidating democracy and freedom. The fight against terrorism should unite people who love liberty and seek respect for human rights and