U.S. Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council, Describing It as a ‘Cesspool of Political Bias’
“When a so-called Human Rights Council cannot bring itself to address the massive abuses in Venezuela and Iran, and it welcomes the Democratic Republic of Congo as a new member, the council ceases to be worthy of its name.”
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley is never one to mince words and she didn’t hold back as America withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council. From CNN:
“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.”
“For too long,” Haley said, “the Human Rights Council has been a protector of human rights abusers, and a cesspool of political bias.”
It’s about damn time. I love how Haley called out the countries by name:
“When a so-called Human Rights Council cannot bring itself to address the massive abuses in Venezuela and Iran, and it welcomes the Democratic Republic of Congo as a new member, the council ceases to be worthy of its name,” said Haley. “Such a council, in fact, damages the cause of human rights.”
Our ambassador could have also mentioned China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, UAB, Pakistan, and Qatar. Yes, CUBA sits on the Human Rights Council!
Haley stressed that the withdrawal “is not a retreat from our human rights commitments.” Instead, this move allows America to not “remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights.” The administration knew about the flaws in the council when President Donald Trump took office, but we did not withdraw because “we made a good faith effort to resolve the problems.”
Haley and the Trump administration have constantly shown disgust with the council due to a “disproportionate focus and unending hostility towards Israel” and mentioned the “series of resolutions highlighting alleged abuses by the Israeli government of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.” Out of ALL nations in the world, the council “has a permanent standing agenda item on suspected violations committed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories.” A permanent agenda item on Israel? ISRAEL?! Not North Korea? China? Russia? Cuba? Venezuela? Iran? Nope. Israel.
The U.S. wanted to make it easier to kick members with awful human rights records off of the council.
Don’t forget this is an organization that allowed Iran and Saudi Arabia a place on the UN Women’s Rights Board in 2014.
Of course, people have come out against America’s withdrawal from the council, pleading with America to stay because our “absence will only compound the council’s weaknesses.” Yeah, well, our place on the council wasn’t doing much, was it? It seems that we were the only ones on that council that actually gave a damn about human rights.
The council came to fruition in 2006, but “President George W. Bush’s administration shunned the body.”
The U.S. received a spot on the council under President Barack Obama “for a maximum of two consecutive terms.” We took off a year and were re-elected to the body in 2016.
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I love Haley. She is the hawtness…
Feminine female strong. It’s possible. Palin, Haley, Sanders, Bachmann, et al show the way.
You love Trump. Admit it.
In other words they need the US as a fig leaf
No, I think they want and need our taxpayer’s MONEY!
“U.S. Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council, Describing It as a ‘Cesspool of Political Bias’”
Does this mean we’re also going to withdraw from the FBI?
OUCH!!
I have long questioned the value of the UN. It seems like a den of vipers.
One could also describe the U.N. as a pit of skunks.
And they exited in the exact way I wanted, telling the unsavory truth about that corrupt body on the way out.
I prefer to think of it as a circle jerk of serpents.
Barry Soetero came in first and third.
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
I don’t know…the ‘Progressive Caucus’ is pretty close to them!
Sure you will:in the US government and the American media.
That is not hyperbole.
I think that’s the U.S. Senate.
As long as the UN exists there will always be a world wide demand for large black Mercedes Benz.
Good riddance.
Time to start thinking about withdrawing from UN altogether. They are leeches.
Somebody explained it all to me: It is a council ABOUT human rights, not an advocacy group FOR human rights. And the UN is the trade association for Heads of Government. So the CHR is basically the official opposition to human rights, at least rights citizens should have with respect to their governments. We should expect them to be the last to come around to any consensus. This is not unnatural or even evil—there has to be somebody at the far end of the spectrum, and that’s what CHR is for.