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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: 1, Interesting) by frojack on Wednesday June 20 2018, @08:16PM (3 children)

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday June 20 2018, @08:16PM (#695755) Journal

    No blame for Mexico, sending and financing these rush-to-the-border marches?
    https://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/mexicos-defense-illegal-immigrants [fairus.org]

    You seem to be under the delusion that all at once, a bunch of people suddenly decide to march their children 1000 miles with not a peso in their pocket the entire length of Mexico to reach the US.

    Son: Your naivete shows no bounds. It doesn't happen that way. This is planned, orchestrated, organized, funded. And its not "coyotes" either. Its the Mexican Government and liberals in the US attempting to fill the voter polls.

    Give these parents a choice: Take your children and go back to Mexico today, free transportation. Or sit in jail with your kids in another jail. What decision do you think they would make? They'd choose to stay. Most of these kids are NOT traveling with their parents. No parent would do that knowingly. They were duped.

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @08:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @08:36PM (#695775)

    financing these rush-to-the-border marches

    God DAMN you're nuts.

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @11:03PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 20 2018, @11:03PM (#695853)

    Guía del Migrante Mexicano translated to English [theamericanresistance.com].

    I fail to see much there that is nefarious.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @12:29AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @12:29AM (#695896)
      Aiding and abetting a crime, for one.