Is United States willing to accept another permanent member in the Security Council?
Brimmer: I think you can’t take out one piece of this larger question in isolation from the larger issues. You would really have to look at what may be the longer term ways to make sure that the Security Council continues to reflect the involving nature of changes of the 21st century. RFE/RL: The previous administration initially refused to participate in the work of the UN Human Rights Council and now the current administration is taking different approach. How does the United States see itself helping to improve the role of this UN body? Brimmer: You are quite right to identify human rights as a fundamental area of interest in the Obama foreign policy. This administration is deeply committed to advancing human rights in an international setting. One of its earliest and most important decisions was indeed to run for a seat on the Human Rights Council and I was deeply honored actually to win a seat on the Human Rights Council in May. The session opened last week [September 14]. I had t
