The US on Tuesday withdrew from
the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), accusing it of “chronic
bias against Israel”.
Nikki Haley, US envoy to the UN,
announced her country’s decision in Washington.
Hailey slammed Russia, China,
Cuba and Egypt for thwarting US efforts to reform the council.
She criticised countries which
shared US values and encouraged Washington to remain but “were unwilling to
seriously challenge the status quo”.
The US is halfway through a
three-year term on the main UN rights body and the Trump administration had
long threatened to quit if the 47-member Geneva-based body was not overhauled.
“Look at the council membership,
and you see an appalling disrespect for the most basic rights,” said Haley,
citing Venezuela, China, Cuba and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Haley also said the
“disproportionate focus and unending hostility toward Israel is clear proof
that the council was motivated by political bias, not by human rights”.
Washington’s withdrawal is the
latest US rejection of multilateral engagement after it pulled out of the Paris
climate agreement and the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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