Along with Cuba and Saudi Arabia, China is a new member of the United Nations Human Rights Council. An AP report notes that U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Kristen Silverberg said "on the whole, we think it is an improvement over the commission."
"We are committed to engaging actively in the coming weeks with all of the elected members ... to make sure that this body is effective," she said. "We think think that the real test of this council will be whether it can take effective action in serious cases of human rights abuse like Darfur, ... Burma, North Korea and other places."
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