"Sop to the Americans?"
Right. Like if the Americans weren't around, the U.N. wouldn't give a rat's ass about human rights?
The article also mentions that the move was hailed by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, which have been complaining about tyrannies being on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for a long time now.
Well, sorry that the U.N. had to be dragged kicking and screaming into this.