US Withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

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US Withdraws from UN Human Rights Council US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley made the announcement on Tuesday, a day after the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights criticized separation of children from their parents at the US-Mexico border. Ambassador Haley said that the Council, "has been a protector of human rights abusers, and a cesspool of political bias." “Look at the council membership, and you see an appalling disrespect for the most basic rights,” US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley She added that the “disproportionate focus and unending hostility toward Israel is clear proof that the council is motivated by political bias, not by human rights.”

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