member U.N. Commission on Human Rights in Geneva in order to strengthen human rights protection around the world. Human Rights Council members would be elected by the assembly. He said if his proposals were accepted, there would be a "much better chance" to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases, avert nuclear attacks by terrorists and deal with recalcitrant regimes like that of Saddam Hussein. The reform proposals are aimed at meeting what are known as the Millennium Development Goals, which the assembly adopted in 2000. Those goals include halving global poverty and halting the spread of diseases like HIV/AIDS by 2015, reducing the occurrence of armed conflicts and terrorism and increasing human rights. --More 2353 Local Time 2053 GMT
