Deleted from U.S. draft: "the current Syrian government’s announced candidacy for the Human Rights Council in 2014 fails to meet the standards for Council membership."
U.N. Censures Syria But Waters Down Rejection of Assad’s 2013 Bid for Human Rights Council Seat
GENEVA, - The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch welcomed today's strong censure of Syria by the UN Human Rights Council but expressed concern over the removal by the U.S. of its own proposed language rejecting Assad's declared 2013 bid for a seat the following year on the 47-nation body.
