It is both wrong and short-sighted to believe that we can better protect our national security interests by ignoring or sidelining human rights.

When countries with the worst possible human rights records sit on the UNHRC, seek to deflect attention from their own egregious human rights abuses and attempt to pass judgment on Israel - a country with a vibrant liberal democracy - the credibility of the UNHRC is further undermined, and the United States must not be silent.

U.S. national security interests are best served when the United Nations effectively fulfills this core purpose.

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