Sudan has been re-elected as a member of the U.N. Human Rights Commission, a controversial move that was protested by the United States and human rights groups after the African group of U.N. member states late last week presented a list of four candidates for four open seats, guaranteeing the election of Sudan, Kenya, Guinea and Togo. At the Economic and Social Council at U.N. headquarters in New York, where voting took place, the U.S. delegation walked out following remarks by U.S. Ambassador to ECOSOC Sichan Siv, who said Sudan's candidacy was "entirely inappropriate" given reports of "ethnic cleansing" in Sudan's western Darfur region.