Reversing Bush policy, US seeks seat on UN Human Rights council

Reversing Bush policy, US seeks seat on UN Human Rights council | csmonitor.com:

"President Obama is taking another step down the road of engaging America's adversaries with the decision to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, a group President Bush had shunned.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced in a statement Tuesday the reversal of Bush's policy of remaining outside the council as a way of protesting its makeup and work. 'With others, we will engage in the work of improving the UN human rights system,' Secretary Clinton said, with the goal of 'advancing the vision of the UN declaration on Human Rights.'"