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Barack Obama overturns Bush policy as US seeks seat on UN Human Rights Council.
(From Guardian Unlimited)
The Obama administration last night reversed another Bush administration policy by announcing it is to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council.
President George Bush refused to become involved with the council's predecessor, the Human Rights Commission, a move widely regarded in Washington as a tactical mistake.
Human rights organisations in the US, such as Human Rights Watch, have been pressing the Obama administration to seek a leading role in the Human Rights Council to strengthen it and help distance the country from the abuses ...
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