The new UN Human Rights Council has so far disappointed those who hoped that it would be a more principled and effective body than its discredited predecessor, the UN Human Rights Commission. The European Union has been a positive force in promoting rights in those countries aspiring to membership, but it has not demonstrated a capacity to exercise influence worldwide.
其他国家政府和国际组织也没有填补美国留下的空白。人们希望，新成立的联合国人权理事会要比其受到非议的前联合国人权委员会更为坚持立场和具有效力。但是他们还是大失所望。欧盟积极推动申请入盟国家的人权，但是并没有表现出它有能力在全世界施加影响力。