United States of America
Ambassador Susan E. Rice
The United States is a permanent member of the UN Security Council. It also has a seat on the Human Rights Council that expires on December 31, 2012. Susan Rice has served as the U.S. permanent representative to the UN since January 2009. The following is excerpted from an August 10, 2011, statement by Ambassador Rice during UN Security Council consultations on the situation in Syria. We face a grave and growing threat to international peace and security in Syria today. The Syrian people have moved the world with their aspirations for democracy and universal human rights. But the…
