Washington: US Secretary of
State Mike Pompeo and US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley will
announce on Tuesday that the United Sates is withdrawing from the United
Nations Human Rights Council, a Trump administration source told Reuters.
The United States is half-way through a three-year term on the main U.N. rights body and had long threatened to quit if it was not reformed, accusing the 47-member Geneva-based body of being anti-Israel.
The United States is half-way through a three-year term on the main U.N. rights body and had long threatened to quit if it was not reformed, accusing the 47-member Geneva-based body of being anti-Israel.
Reuters reported last week that activists and diplomats said talks with the United States on reforms had failed to meet Washington's demands, suggesting that the Trump administration would quit.
To Read Full Story CLICK HERE https://www.news18.com
No comments:
Post a Comment