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Forget the Human Rights Council, Why Not Leave the Entire UN?
 
 
06/20/2018Tho Bishop

The Trump Administration recently announced that the US will withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council. Their justification is that the council consists of human rights violators, such as Cuba, China, and Venezuela, and has demonstrated a bias against Israel.

UN Ambassador Nikki Haley took to the pages of the Wall Street Journal to further expand on the decision, writing:

https://mises.org/power-market/forget-human-rights-council-why-not-leave-entire-un

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Re: Forget the Human Rights Council, Why Not Leave the Entire UN?
« Reply #1 on: June 30, 2018, 07:31:24 pm »
Because the US still possesses a veto that is useful.  Leaving the U.N. would mean giving up that power of the veto. 

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Re: Forget the Human Rights Council, Why Not Leave the Entire UN?
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2018, 01:42:02 am »
Nawww...Haley needs a hobby.  Besides her Labradoodle.
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