From BBC:
[T]he Obama administration has reversed its predecessor's policy of boycotting the Geneva-based body.
The US was one of 18 countries elected to the 47-seat council in a vote by the UN General Assembly.
After the vote, the US Ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, told the BBC America was not blind to the council's flaws.
"Obviously there will always be some countries whose respect and record on human rights is sub-par," she said.
"We have not been perfect ourselves but we intend to lead based on the strong principled vision that the American people have about respecting human rights [and] supporting democracy."
A success in Obama's "new era of engagement" with the rest of the world and a victory for multilateralism.
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