And yet we’re still funding the UN Human Rights Council.

(CNSNews.com) — The Obama administration highlighted its “accomplishments” at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Friday — the same day as the world body’s General Assembly rubber-stamped a five-year “review” of HRC practices that rejected key U.S. recommendations aimed at fixing its flaws.

A leading critic of the U.N. in the U.S. Congress called Monday for the administration to leave the council and direct its energies towards “developing credible alternative forums to advance the cause of human rights.”

Ever since the administration reversed President Bush’s policy and joined the HRC in 2009 with the stated intention of strengthening it “from within,” it has cited the review process as the tool it intends to use to improve the Geneva-based body.

Around the time the lengthy review process began last fall, U.S. ambassador to the HRC Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe expressed optimism that the U.S. would use it to stamp its authority on the council.