The United States Assumes its Seat on the Human Rights Council - September 14, 2009 - UN PHOTO/Jess Hoffman

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Dr. Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, addresses the U.N. Human Rights Council on September 14, after the U.S. assumed its seat for the first time for a full session of the Council.

 

"The United States is pleased to join the rest of our colleagues on the Human Rights Council. It is with a sense of mutual respect that we take our place on the Council, next to the friends and partners we will work with to forge common ground on one of the most fundamental roles of the state: to protect and advance human rights."

 

Full text of the U.S. Statement:

geneva.usmission.gov/news/2009/09/14/brimmerhrc/

 

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