He said very bluntly, 'So how is the UN?' This is before we even sat down. And I said, 'Well, it's not as good as it was before you invaded Iraq.

It's urgent. People are dying.

The issue of the Security Council has not been touched in this negotiation.

That a woman who is separated, was tortured and exiled now becomes the president of Chile is really incredible. This will truly have an impact in Latin America.

If we reopen it to negotiations, there will be chaos, and if we postpone it, it will be a negative signal for the priority that human rights should have at the UN.

I think we're still far from agreement on several others.

It is not ideal but it is still a noteworthy improvement. It is a new institutional framework that will oversee the promotion and protection of human rights for many decades.

It's disappointing ... there's a reticence on the part of many member states to provide the United Nations with adequate information.