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The U.S. election victory was contained in the outcome of the election of 18 members of the UN human rights body at a plenary meeting of the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly.
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The 63rd session of the 83rd Planary meeting of the UN General Assembly is held at the UN headquarters in New York, the U.S. May 12, 2009. Eighteen UN members were elected to the UN Human Rights Council during the meeting on Tuesday. The U.S. won 167 votes to enter the UN Human Rights Council for the first time. |
"We are particularly gratified by the strong support. We received 90 percent of the valuable vote cast," Rice said.
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U.S. UN Ambassador Susan Rice (1st R) receives congratulations from representatives of other UN member states after the U.S. has been elected to the Human Rights Council at the 63rd session of the 83rd Planary meeting of the UN General Assembly held at the UN headquarters in New York, the U.S. May 12, 2009. Eighteen UN members were elected to the UN Human Rights Council during the meeting on Tuesday. The U.S. won 167 votes to enter the UN Human Rights Council for the first time |
The new U.S. administration of President Barack Obama has reversed the policy of his predecessor George W. Bush, who shunned the council as a forum for attacking Israel, by deciding to run for one of three vacant seats for the "Western European and other states" group.
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Representatives cast their votes during the 63rd session of the 83rd Planary meeting of the UN General Assembly held at the UN headquarters in New York, the U.S. May 12, 2009. |
The Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council, which is the major United Nations body working to promote and protect human rights, was set up by the General Assembly on March 15, 2006, to replace and build upon the achievements of the 60-year-old Commission on Human Rights.