Absolute absurdity: U.N. Votes to Keep Sudan on Human Rights Commission

The United States walked out of a U.N. meeting Tuesday to protest its decision minutes later to give Sudan a third term on the Human Rights Commission, the world body's human rights watchdog.

U.S. Ambassador Sichan Siv called the vote an "absurdity'' and accused Sudan of massive human rights violations and "ethnic cleansing'' in the western Darfur region before getting up from his chair and walking out of the Economic and Social Council chamber.

U.N. Votes to Keep Sudan on Human Rights Commission