Nations try to oust Syria from UNESCO rights panel
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A group of UNESCO member states is trying to remove Syria from a committee with a human rights mandate, a panel it quietly rejoined despite its deadly crackdown on protesters.
UN Watch, a Geneva-based NGO, diplomats and others said Wednesday that a growing group of countries – western and Arab – want to unseat Syria from the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations. The committee deals with multiple issues, but has a strong human rights component. (AP)
