US elected to UN rights council

Started by Netto Azure May 12th, 2009 3:40 PM
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Netto Azure

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US elected to UN rights council


The US had previously been critical of the UN Human Rights Council

The United States has been elected to a seat on the UN Human Rights Council for the first time.
The council had been shunned by the Bush administration, which accused it of admitting states with poor rights records and having an anti-Israel bias.
But the Obama administration has reversed its predecessor's policy of boycotting the Geneva-based body.
The US was one of 18 countries elected to the 47-seat council in a vote by the UN General Assembly.
After the vote, the US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, told the BBC America was not blind to the council's flaws.
"Obviously there will always be some countries whose respect and record on human rights is sub-par," she said.
"We have not been perfect ourselves but we intend to lead based on the strong principled vision that the American people have about respecting human rights [and] supporting democracy."
Ms Rice added that the US looked forward to the review of the council's workings due in 2011.
Well, well. I am quite happy with this new development in the international stage. I do hope that we'll join the International Criminal Court (ICC) soon.

One of the reasons the UN has been weakened over the years is that the US has sidestepped it and hoped to not be bound by it's resolution on the grounds of "National Sovereignty." It's quite ironic how the US espouses such "Peace and Freedom" rhetoric but doesn't act in strengthening international institutions geared toward it...

I just certainly do not want for the UN to crumble the way of the League of Nations. But if reforms are needed, so be it.

Angela

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Wow, my essay was about the UN, so I'm full of useless info, but I do know the US haven't agreed to the UN's rights of the child, there for you guys under 18 in the US can go to jail, do you think that's gonna be changing?

And I also hope the UN meats the 2015 goals, I hope to god they do.
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