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Trump Withdraws US From UN Human Rights Council, Saying It Shields Violators
The White House also cut off funds to a UN agency dedicated to Palestinian refugees, saying it is ‘antisemitic and anti-Israel.’
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Feb. 4 to again withdraw the United States from the U.N. Human Rights Council and end U.S. funding to the U.N. agency dealing with Palestinian refugees.
The U.N. Human Rights Council, said the White House in a fact sheet to the press, “has not fulfilled its purpose and continues to be used as a protective body for countries committing horrific human rights violations.”
The White House noted that countries such as China and Iran are on the council despite their human rights violations. It also cited the council’s bias against Israel. According to the council’s website, it is “responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and making recommendations on them.”
Trump also cut off U.S. assistance to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA, which the White House said “has consistently shown itself to be antisemitic and anti-Israel.”
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