Original sentence: On May 12, 2009, the United States was elected to a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council for the first time, when it had previously shunned such a position.State Department had previously asserted the UNHRC had lost its credibility since "here has been a nearly singular focus on issues related to Israel, for example, to the exclusion of examining issues of real concern to the international system, whether that's in Cuba or Burma or in North Korea.The U
Edited sentence: It must be noted that the United States has been, since the inception of the UN, a permanent member of the Security Council with full veto rights.State Department asserted the UNHRC had lost its credibility since "here has been a nearly singular focus on issues related to Israel, for example, to the exclusion of examining issues of real concern to the international system, whether that's in Cuba or Burma or in North Korea.The United States has refused to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) since 2006 and on March 5, 2007, the U