US Envoy to UN Signals Support for ‘R2P’

UNITED NATIONS — US Ambassador Susan Rice signaled on Thursday during her first appearance before the UN Security Council that President Barack Obama’s administration feels a “responsibility” to sometimes take on nations that abuse their own citizens.

“As agreed to by member states in 2005 and by the Security Council in 2006, the international community has a responsibility to protect civilian populations from violations of international humanitarian law when states are unwilling or unable to do so,” Rice told the council, without elaborating, during a closed-door session.
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