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Chavez’s Venezuela Now on Same U.N. Human Rights Council as U.S.

By Daniel Halper
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Chavez’s Venezuela Now on Same U.N. Human Rights Council as U.S.

The United States and Venezuela will now serve together on the United Nations Human Rights Council, after both countries won elections today to serve together. Venezuela received 154 votes and is in the Latin American group, while the U.S. received 131 and is in the Western group.

The U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Susan Rice, praised the Human Rights Council in remarks to reporters for “increasingly proving its value.”

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