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US Withdraws from UNHCR for ’Protecting Human Rights Abusers’

US Withdraws from UNHCR for ’Protecting Human Rights Abusers’
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The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council, with the US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley calling the organization a "protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias".

US Withdraws from UNHCR for ’Protecting Human Rights Abusers’

In further details, Haley claimed that the withdrawal was not a retreat from the US's commitment to human rights, but called the 47-member, international council "an organization that is not worthy of its name".

The US has long called for the body to "reform", saying it allows members that have been accused of human rights violations.

Haley was referring to the involvement of countries like China, Cuba and Venezuela in her speech on Tuesday. 

Added to her reasons, Haley also accused the council of maintaining a "disproportionate focus and unending hostility towards "Israel"" that shows it is "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, which was signed with a number of other world powers.

It also comes as the US faces intense criticism for detaining children separated from their immigrant parents at the US-Mexico border.

In this regard, diplomats considered that the US withdrawal from the council could bolster countries such as Cuba, Russia, Egypt and Pakistan, which resist the UN interference in sovereign issues.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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