America faces contest for UN Rights council

The United States is competing with four Western countries for three seats on the Human Rights Council in the only contested election at the UN’s top human rights body. The 193-member General Assembly is scheduled to vote   for 18 members of the 47-member council. African, Asian, Eastern European and Latin American countries have put forward uncontested slates whose candidates are virtually certain of victory. Several human rights groups have criticised a number of these candidates as unqualified.