Trump Withdraws US from UN Human Rights Council, Cuts Funding to Palestinian Relief Agency

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Trump Orders U.S. Withdrawal from U.N. Human Rights Council and U.N. Agency for Palestinian Refugees

An executive order signed by President Trump Tuesday orders the U.S. to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council and end U.S. support for UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees. Trump also ordered a review of the U.N.'s cultural agency, UNESCO. This follows Trump's January 24 decision to halt billions of dollars of U.N. funding pending a 90-day review. Among the many casualties is the sexual reproductive health agency, the …

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Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Anti-American UN Subsidiaries, Ends Funding

Yesterday, Trump withdrew the U.S. from UNESCO and the Human Rights Council, and cut off funding for UNRWA. ... The post Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Anti-American UN Subsidiaries, Ends Funding appeared first on The New American.

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U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on February 4 to withdraw his country from the UN Human Rights Council and extend the suspension of all U.S. funding to the UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The 47 members of the UN Human Rights Council are elected by the General Assembly for three-year terms, with the U.S. ending its last term on December 31. Currently, the country has observer status in the body. However, this Tues…

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CGTN poll: Global respondents criticize 'American hegemony' overriding international human rights

The "America First" series continues: with the United States now withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), it is further using international human rights as a tool of "American hegemony." A survey conducted by China Media Group,

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Trump orders US to withdraw from UN's top human rights body, halt funding for Palestinian refugees

Trump’s announcement came on the day he met with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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The Needy Are the Human Shields of the American Regime

The media and political outcry that came when President Trump temporarily froze USAID and some domestic funding revealed how the political establishment uses the plight of the most vulnerable people to keep their rigged political system in place.