THE US walked out of a UN meeting yesterday in protest at its decision to give Sudan a third term on the Human Rights Commission, the world body’s human rights watchdog.

The US walked out of a UN meeting today in protest at its decision minutes later to give Sudan a third term on the Human Rights Commission, the world body’s human rights watchdog.

A US Ambassador to the United Nations has said Ireland can play a major role next year in addressing global problems.

Sichan Siv, the US representative on the economic and social council of the United Nations, is due to visit Dublin today.

WORRIED about allowing inspectors to visit state prisons and jailed terror suspects, the United States tried, but failed, to block a UN vote on a plan to enforce a treaty on torture.