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

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 Thursday June 21 2018, @01:00AM (7 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @01:00AM (#695903)

    Majority rule is the real cause. It expresses both apathy and antipathy. We shouldn't let racist idiots decide our fate.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @01:29AM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @01:29AM (#695918)

    Well in this case it is minority rule, our election system is just fubar.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @03:59AM (5 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @03:59AM (#695998)

      Well in this case it is minority rule...

      No, it is not. Over 98% vote for republican/democrat. That's a pretty big majority.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @04:24AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @04:24AM (#696016)

        You're begging the question.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @06:39AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @06:39AM (#696064)

          No, you are questioning the begging. http://begthequestion.info/ [begthequestion.info]

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @03:23PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @03:23PM (#696219)

          What question? There is no question. The voters are responsible for the people they elect into power. And they are just in denial of majority rule's dirty little secret.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @05:42PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @05:42PM (#696317)

        The point was that a minority of the total US population chose Trump. Same for the other candidates since we have such low voter turnout. Also, Trump lost the popular vote so in this case it is REALLY a minority that chose our current path.

        Yes that does give me a little more hope.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @07:04PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @07:04PM (#696366)

          The point was that a minority of the total US population chose Trump.

          Turnout is irrelevant. It doesn't matter if the majority doesn't resist. It only indicates consent.