UN creates new rights body
`The United Nations General Assembly created a new UN human rights body by an overwhelming majority today, ignoring objections from the United States.
Ambassadors broke out in sustained applause when the vote was announced: 170-4 with 3 abstentions. Joining the United States in a “no” vote were Israel, Marshall Islands and Palau – but not American allies in Europe or Australia and Canada.
Belarus, Iran and Venezuela abstained.’
