{"id":167807,"date":"2021-02-24T10:41:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T15:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=167807"},"modified":"2021-02-24T10:43:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T15:43:50","slug":"secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-vows-to-recommit-u-s-to-u-n-human-rights-council-which-still-includes-china-and-cuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-vows-to-recommit-u-s-to-u-n-human-rights-council-which-still-includes-china-and-cuba\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary of State Antony Blinken Vows To Recommit U.S. To U.N. Human Rights Council, Which Still Includes China And Cuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsecretary-of-state-antony-blinken-vows-to-recommit-u-s-to-u-n-human-rights-council-which-still-includes-china-and-cuba%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=167807&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1230972712.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken again announced the Biden administration\u2019s desire to recommit the United State to the U.N. Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here to reaffirm America\u2019s commitment to respect and defend the human rights of all people, everywhere,\u201d Blinken said in a virtual speech to a meeting of the HRC, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/u-s-seek-election-united-nations-human-rights-council-n1258704\">quoted<\/a> by NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet reported that Blinken \u201cwas seeking support for its election to the council for the 2022-24 term,\u201d noting that elections \u201cfor three-year membership on the 47-member council are due to be held at the U.N. General Assembly in October.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes three years after the Trump administration withdrew the U.S. from the HRC, with then-U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley accusing the council of \u201cchronic bias against Israel\u201d while ignoring rights abuses from autocratic regimes, which she called \u201chypocritical and self-serving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, The Daily Wire\u2019s Hank Berrien <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-will-return-u-s-to-anti-israel-un-human-rights-council\">reported<\/a>, Blinken announced the Biden administration would seek a return to the HRC, tweeting:<\/p>\n<p><em>The @UN Human Rights Council is flawed and needs reform, but walking away won\u2019t fix it. The best way to improve the Council, so it can achieve its potential, is through robust and principled U.S. leadership. Under @POTUS Biden, we are reengaging and ready to lead.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When it works well, the @UN Human Rights Council shines a spotlight on countries with the worst human rights records and can serve as a beacon for those fighting against injustice and tyranny. That\u2019s why the U.S. is back at the table. When we work closely with our allies and friends, we are able to call countries with the worst human rights records to account in the @UN Human Rights Council. U.S. leadership matters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the time, the Associated Press reported that Israel had \u201creceived by far the largest number of critical council resolutions against any country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition to the council\u2019s persistent focus on Israel, the Trump administration took issue with the body\u2019s membership, which currently includes China, Cuba, Eritrea, Russia and Venezuela, all of which have been accused of human rights abuses,\u201d the outlet continued.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence also took aim at the council in a speech to the U.N. Security Council in September 2017:<\/p>\n<p><em>The Human Rights Council doesn\u2019t deserve its name. \u2026 Today, the United Nations Human Rights Council actually attracts and welcomes many of the worst human rights violators in the world. A clear majority of the Human Rights Council\u2019s members fail to meet even the most basic human rights standards. Cuba sits on the Human Rights Council, an oppressive regime that has repressed its people and jailed political opponents for more than half a century. Venezuela sits on the Human Rights Council, a dictatorship that undermines democracy at every turn, imprisons political opponents, and as we speak is advancing policies that worsen deprivation and poverty that\u2019s costing the lives of innocent men, women, and children.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This body must reform the Human Rights Council\u2019s membership and its operation. As to its operation, I think of what President John F. Kennedy warned more than 50 years ago, that the United Nations must not become in his words a \u201cforum for invective.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Unfortunately, today, the Human Rights Council has become exactly that, and particularly the Human Rights Council has become a forum for anti-Semitism and invective against Israel. The council\u2019s agenda item seven actually singles out Israel for discussion at every single meeting, something no other country must endure. As evidence, the Human Rights Council has passed more than 70 resolutions condemning Israel, while largely ignoring the world\u2019s worst human rights abusers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As NBC reported, Blinken on Wednesday praised the HRC\u2019s record, saying it played a \u201cmeaningful role\u201d in protecting human rights, but also suggested it needed to look at \u201chow it conducts its business\u201d and reassess its \u201cdisproportionate focus on Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of State Antony Blinken again announced the Biden administration\u2019s desire to recommit the United State to the U.N. 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