Trump has left the United Nations’ Human Rights Council

THE United States is leaving the United Nations’ Human Rights Council.

US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley called it “an organisation that is not worthy of its name”, marking the latest withdrawal by the Trump administration from an international institution.

Ms Haley said the US had given the human rights body “opportunity after opportunity” to make changes.

She lambasted the council for “its chronic bias against Israel” and lamented the fact that its membership includes accused human rights abusers such as China, Cuba, Venezuela and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

“We take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organisation that makes a mockery of human rights,” Ms Haley said.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, appearing alongside Ms Haley at the State Department, said there was no doubt that the council once had a “noble vision”.

“But today we need to be honest,” Mr Pompeo said. “The Human Rights Council is a poor defender of human rights.”

The announcement came just a day after the UN human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, denounced the Trump administration for separating migrant children from their parents.

But Ms Haley, cited longstanding US complaints that the 47-member council is biased against Israel.

She had been threatening the pullout since last year unless the council made changes advocated by the US

“Regrettably, it is now clear that our call for reform was not heeded,” Ms Haley said.

Still, she suggested the decision need not be permanent, adding that if the council did adopt reforms, “we would be happy to rejoin it.”

She said the withdrawal notwithstanding, the US would continue to defend human rights at the UN.

The move extends a broader Trump administration pattern of stepping back from international agreements and forums under the president’s “America First” policy.

Although numerous officials have said repeatedly that “America First does not mean America Alone,” the administration has retreated from multiple multilateral accords and consensuses since it took office.

Human rights groups have condemned the pullout, saying it will “make it more difficult to advance human rights priorities and aid victims of abuse around the world”.

Likewise many people on social media have drawn a comparison to the President’s disturbing immigration policy, which sees young children separated from their parents.

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Didge wrote:Where is the left shouting from the tree tops against the crimes women, homosexuals, political prisoners, ethnic and religious groups suffer under countries like Iran, China, Russia, Venezuela, Saudi etc?

They are constantly silent.

And why?

I will leave posters to figure this one out

I condemn Israel on some of its policies and actions. I have no issue doing that, but when one country is singled out compared to the rest. Then you know something very sinister is going on and yet the left are continually silent over this

You have to ask is this an age old situation of antisemitism. When in reality, women, homosexuals, ethnic and religious groups have far more rights in Israel, than the countries I listed above.

You make up your own mind on that

Yes Israel should be held accountable for wrongs, but why is the left never holding accountable the Muslim Theocracies, and socialist dictatoships within the world?

Because now the left have allowed the belief of Zionism, to be a reason to now discriminate against Jews and yet they never apply the same reason to the failure of state Socilialism in practice or failed Muslims states. They dont want to be seen as prejudice, but have no issue being prejudiced towards Israel and by extension Jews.

It makes them regressive and no fighters of universal rights.

veya_victaous wrote:

Didge wrote:Where is the left shouting from the tree tops against the crimes women, homosexuals, political prisoners, ethnic and religious groups suffer under countries like Iran, China, Russia, Venezuela, Saudi etc?

They are constantly silent.

And why?

I will leave posters to figure this one out

I condemn Israel on some of its policies and actions. I have no issue doing that, but when one country is singled out compared to the rest. Then you know something very sinister is going on and yet the left are continually silent over this

You have to ask is this an age old situation of antisemitism. When in reality, women, homosexuals, ethnic and religious groups have far more rights in Israel, than the countries I listed above.

You make up your own mind on that

Yes Israel should be held accountable for wrongs, but why is the left never holding accountable the Muslim Theocracies, and socialist dictatoships within the world?

Because now the left have allowed the belief of Zionism, to be a reason to now discriminate against Jews and yet they never apply the same reason to the failure of state Socilialism in practice or failed Muslims states. They dont want to be seen as prejudice, but have no issue being prejudiced towards Israel and by extension Jews.

It makes them regressive and no fighters of universal rights.

Post like this Straw man Bullshit are exactly why your a useless wanker that gets ignored

maybe if you had any dignity You wouldn't shout so loudly about shit that is none of your business, that No whose business it is Give the slightest shit about your opinion and will just as like continue Out a Spite for your brain dead prattling.

Maybe the left is smart enough to Pick it's battles (one it might win because it has some horse in the race) instead of insanely Shouting at the clouds like a lip service hypocrite that's attitude is just an extension of Colonialist Eurocentric outlook that 'dickheads that can't even manage a Union with their neighbours' have right to tell others on the other side of the planet what to do.