U.S. elected to U.N. rights council for first time

Well I guess we can expect to be hearing a lot more ranting from the majority of Muslim states that run , I mean , are part of the U.N. Human Rights council ! Why we would join an obviously Muslim slanted group , is beyond me ! Again we are talking about the U.N ! Nothing will get done , if it does , it will be the U.S. fault , And we will pay ! If it is not the U.S. fault , We will pay ! if some piss ant little country Starts to commit Genocide , We will PAY ! If you thought we Payed a lot to the U.N. for being very Anti U.S. now , Wait till this shindig gets Going !

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States won election to the U.N. Human Rights Council for the first time on Tuesday, joining 17 other nations picked for the body, after the Obama administration ended a U.S. policy of boycotting it.

U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said Washington still believed the body was flawed, but added: "We are looking forward to working from within with a broad cross-section of member states to strengthen and reform the Human Rights Council."

The United States was one of 18 countries elected or reelected to three-year terms on the 47-seat Geneva-based council in a vote by the U.N. General Assembly, joining 29 others who are in mid-term.

Some nations that have faced criticism for their own human rights records, including China, Cuba and Saudi Arabia, were among those elected on Tuesday.

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