ASEAN chief defends human rights charter

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Updated October 23, 2009 20:54:05

The ASEAN human rights charter has been attacked for having no power over member states. The United Nations has urged leaders to make the Commission credible, and ASEAN secretary general Surin Pitsuwan says it's a beginning.

Presenter: Karen Percy, South East Asia correspondent
Speaker: Surin Pitsuwan, secretary general, ASEAN

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