What is United Nations Human Rights Council?
[[File:UN Geneva Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room.jpg|thumb|The meeting room of the United Nations Human Rights Council.]] The '''United Nations Human Rights Council''' (UNHRC) is in the [[United Nations System]]. The UNHRC took the place of the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights (CHR). It was established by the [[United Nations General Assembly]]. The General Assembly made the UNHRC on 15 March 2006. This was to replace the previous CHR. People did not like the CHR because they allowed countries with poor human rights records to be members.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4810538.stm|publisher=BBC|date=15 March 2006|title=UN creates new human rights body}}</ref><ref>http://daccess-ods.un.org/access.nsf/Get?Open&DS=A/60/PV.72&Lang=E</ref> UN Secretary General [[Ban Ki Moon]] and former [[United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] [[Mary Robinson]] have not liked that the council acts for politics instead of human rights. Several people have said the council focuses too much on the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].<ref>[http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2006/sgsm10788.doc.htm Secretary-General urges human rights activists to ‘fill leadership vacuum’, hold world leaders to account, in address to international day event], UN Department of Public Information 8 12 2008</ref><ref>[http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3415619,00.html UN's Ban faults rights council over Israel], Reuters (reprinted in Ynet News 21 06 2007</ref><ref>[http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/Human_Rights_Council_president_wants_reform.html?cid=6171460 Human Rights Council president wants reform] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811002555/http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/foreign_affairs/Human_Rights_Council_president_wants_reform.html?cid=6171460 |date=2011-08-11 }}, SwissInfo 29 09 2007</ref> The United States did not take part in the Council when [[George W. Bush]] was president. They changed when [[Barack Obama]] became President.<ref