US and Human Rights Council

The UN Secretary-General’s Human-Rights Crisis Can Be Solved

June 26, 2018

There is a crisis in the United Nations human-rights system. Secretary-General António Guterres can lead the way out of it. Indeed, the world continues to look to the UN secretary-general to stand up for the principles of the organization. One of the highest responsibilities of the incumbent is to help steer a course toward …

General Assembly, Human Rights, Secretary-General, WORLDVIEWS

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NIKKI HALEY WATCH

As Expected, the US Quits the UN Human Rights Council

June 19, 2018

by Barbara Crossette

In a long-expected decision, the United States announced it was withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the world body’s primary organ for promoting and protecting the rights of people worldwide. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the US ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, delivered comments on June 19 in the …

Human Rights, Nikki Haley Watch, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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US and Human Rights Council

The UN Secretary-General’s Human-Rights Crisis Can Be Solved

As Expected, the US Quits the UN Human Rights Council

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