Shocker ! U.S. Opts out ot Human Rights Council

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US Won't Seek a Seat on the UN Rights Council
By Warren Hoge
The New York Times

Friday 07 April 2006

United Nations - The United States said Thursday it would not be a candidate for the new United Nations Human Rights Council, which was approved last month by the General Assembly with Washington nearly alone in opposition.

Sean McCormack, the State Department spokesman, said the United States would sit out the first election for the council in May but would support other countries with strong human rights records and would probably run for a seat next year.

The council, which will hold its first meeting in Geneva in June, replaces the Human Rights Commission, which had been widely discredited for allowing notorious rights abusers like Sudan and Zimbabwe on the panel.

The election of the 47 new members is scheduled for May 9. As of Thursday, 40 countries, including China, Cuba and Iran, had formally signed up to run.

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[RethugAssKicker]

1. The US doesn't want to have to answer

for its war atrociies!

[dogday]

2. Human Rights, We don't need no Stinkin Human Rights

:sarcasm: