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State Department Hails U.S. Accomplishments in UN Human Rights Council; United States to Seek Election to Another Council Term

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2011

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References

1 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/494, The United Nations Human Rights Council (Mar. 30, 2011), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/03/159342.htm.

2 The U.N. s HumanRightsCouncil , Editorial, Wash. Post, Mar. 27, 2011, at A18 Google Scholar.

3 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011 /495, Key U.S. Accomplishments at the UN Human Rights Council (Mar. 30, 2011), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/03/159343.htm.

4 [Editor’s Note: See UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Press Release, Human Rights Council Creates Mandate on Iran, Extends Mandate on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Mar. 24, 2011), at http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsI =10888&LangID=E.]

5 [Editor’s Note: See U. S . Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/450, Human Rights Council Statement on Ending Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (Mar. 22,2011), at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/03/158846.htm; U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/451, Joint Statement on the Rights of LGBT Persons at the Human Rights Council (Mar. 22, 2011), at http://www.state.gOv/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/03/158847.htm.]

6 [Editor’s Note: See U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/466, Adoption of Resolution at Human Rights Council Combating Discrimination and Violence (Mar. 24, 2011), at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/03/159095.htm.]

7 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2011/663, The Human Rights Council’s Special Session on Syria (Apr. 29, 2011), at http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2011/04/162260.htm; U.S. Mission to the UN Press Release No. 2011/087, Statement by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on the Passage of a Human Rights Council Resolution on Syria (Apr. 29, 2011), at http://usun.state.gov/briefing/statements/2011/162200.htm.