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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: 2) by aristarchus on Thursday June 21 2018, @06:36AM (2 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Thursday June 21 2018, @06:36AM (#696063) Journal

    Well, the obvious rebuttal is, um, well, OK, there is no obvious rebuttal to Social Justice. Unless it is Social Injustice. But the US tried that before, and, well, black lives matter? Are you a fcking racist, khallow? Or just a victim of white priviledge? In either case, stand down you moron.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @09:02AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 21 2018, @09:02AM (#696108)

    Well, the obvious rebuttal is, um, well, OK, there is no obvious rebuttal to Social Justice. Unless it is Social Injustice.

    Self rebuttal if you were paying attention.

    They were the homes of the four Ministries between which the entire apparatus of government was divided. The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts. The Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war. The Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order. And the Ministry of Plenty, which was responsible for economic affairs. Their names, in Newspeak: Minitrue, Minipax, Miniluv, and Miniplenty.

  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday June 21 2018, @11:33AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 21 2018, @11:33AM (#696140) Journal
    BORING.