One Big Happy Human Rights Council
Barack Obama’s brave new administration is going to seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, next to such exemplars of human rights as China, Saudi Arabia, and Cuba.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will seek election to the U.N. Human Rights Council this year, the State Department said Tuesday, announcing the Obama administration’s latest reversal of former President George W. Bush’s foreign policies.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice said in a statement that the administration will join the council to help make it more effective as part of President Barack Obama’s desire to create a “new era of engagement” with the international community.
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