12 Nov 2012 17:42

Putin suggests creating Human Rights Council presidium, introducing rotation

MOSCOW. Nov 12 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin has called for a permanently-rotating presidium on the presidential Human Rights Council.

"The idea is to create a presidium that will be permanently rotated, or to create working groups for various fields of activity," Putin said during the council's session on Monday.

He stressed that one of the council's aims was to help optimize state management.

"Here is how I see our cooperation - that direct social feedback reaching to the very top would enable us with your help to improve state governance,"