Wednesday, March 30, 2011

US to seek second term on UN rights council

WASHINGTON |
Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:59am EDT


WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will seek a second term on the U.N. Human Rights Council which has made significant progress over the past two years despite a "biased and disproportionate focus on Israel," the State Department said on Thursday.

"We believe that U.S. engagement in the Human Rights Council has directly resulted in real progress," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said in a

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