AP sources: US to seek new term on UN rights panel
March 30, 2011
(AP) – 2 hours ago
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that the Obama administration will seek a new term on the United Nations Human Rights Council despite concerns that the panel remains a hotbed of anti-Israel sentiment and a forum for repressive nations to deflect attention from abuses they may have committed.
U.S. officials said the administration will announce Wednesday that it intends to run in 2012 for another three-year term on the oft-criticized council because it has helped to steer it in the right direction and believes it can make further progress. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision has not yet been made public.
The U.S. had shunned the council during the Bush administration because its members included rights abusers that, Washington said, focused unfairly on Israel.