Home | Contact Morton H. Halperin Testifies Before House International Relations Committee Open Society Policy Center September 6, 2006    Morton Halperin's Testimony (PDF, 40KB) On September 6th, 2006 Open Society Policy Center Executive Director, Morton Halperin, testified before the House International Relations Committee's Africa, Human Rights and Global Operations Subcommittee regarding the United Nations Human Rights Council. Mr. Halperin emphasized the critical role the United Nations can play to promote human rights worldwide and that constructive American engagement and leadership is essential to the success of the new Council. Related Issues United Nations Reform The Cooperative Global Engagement Project (CGEP) led efforts to oppose the nomination of John Bolton as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations with Stop Bolton, an informal coalition of advocates and organizations. CGEP continues to monitor his work.       © 2009 Open Society Policy Center. All rights reserved. 1730 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 7th Floor | Washington, D.C. 20006 | Tel. (202) 721-5600