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U.S. Withdraws From United Nations Human Rights Council

posted by janrinok on Wednesday June 20 2018, @06:42PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-will-change dept.

takyon writes:

US leaving UN Human Rights Council -- 'a cesspool of political bias'

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body of bias against US ally Israel and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable. The move, which the Trump administration has threatened for months, came down one day after the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights slammed the separation of children from their parents at the US-Mexico border as "unconscionable."

Speaking from the State Department, where she was joined by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Haley defended the move to withdraw from the council, saying US calls for reform were not heeded. "Human rights abusers continue to serve on, and be elected to, the council," said Haley, listing US grievances with the body. "The world's most inhumane regimes continue to escape its scrutiny, and the council continues politicizing scapegoating of countries with positive human rights records in an attempt to distract from the abusers in its ranks."

Also at NPR and Bloomberg.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @08:32PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @08:32PM (#695769)

    All the "kids" were gang-age males.

    Yes, the propaganda machine only released video of dark skinned teenage males. Imagine that. Remember that all the video and photos were provided by the government.

    Many of whom arrived without a parent in site according to one report.

    One report, from FOX. Of course no one could possibly know who the kids arrived with because they were all mixed together in those dog kennels, and the government implying that these were gang members coming to attack America is far too convenient of a narrative.

    Apparently, its not possible to embarrass Mexico or any other central american country.

    Not only can America not embarrass those countries into reducing their gang violence, murder rates and control the exedous from their countries, but America cannot even convince America to address their gang violence and murder rates. America is also unable to convince the millions of white European illegal aliens who over stayed their visas to stop breaking the laws.

    The once all-powerful America has lost its standing and its luster. Caging and jailing children has seen to that.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @08:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @08:50PM (#695786)

    One report, from FOX

    CNN is FOX? [youtube.com]