Trump To Withdraw US From UN Agencies That Whitewash 'Horrific Human Rights Violations'

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and cutting funding to UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for Gaza, which has been widely criticized following reports that its staffers were involved in terrorism.

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GOP-Led House To Take Up Bill Slashing More Than $35 Mil in UN Human Rights Council Funding

The House is taking up legislation that would slash more than $35 million in annual taxpayer funding to the U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and its supporting institutions, according to a copy of the bill obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

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UN Takes Almost a Year To Say That China’s Genocide Could Be a Crime

The United Nations on Wednesday finally released a long-delayed report that admitted China's genocide of its Uyghur minority "may constitute international crimes, in particular crimes against humanity," the New York Times reported. The report did not use the word "genocide."

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UN Official Running Investigation Into Israel Defends Colleague Who Said Jewish Lobby Controls Social Media

The United Nations official in charge of an investigation into Israel is standing by a colleague who came under fire this week for claiming social media platforms are controlled by a "Jewish lobby."

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UN Official Investigating Israel: ‘Jewish Lobby’ Controls Social Media

A United Nations official investigating alleged Israeli crimes claimed in an interview that social media is controlled by an all-powerful “Jewish lobby.”

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China Propaganda Outlet Uses UN Human Rights Chief as Tool To Whitewash Beijing’s Genocide

Chinese state media touted a visit by the United Nations human rights chief to the Xinjiang region, in which she echoed the Communist regime's propaganda and dismissed allegations of genocide against the country's Uyghur Muslim minority.

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US Will Ask To Suspend Russia From UN Human Rights Council

BUCHAREST (Reuters)—The United States will ask the U.N. General Assembly to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Monday, after Ukraine accused Russian troops of killing dozens of civilians in the town of Bucha.

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US Rejoins UN Rights Council Days After Council Endorsed Anti-Semitic Hate Fest

The Biden administration on Thursday rejoined the U.N. Human Rights Council, just days after the council overwhelmingly voted to endorse an anti-Israel resolution that several Western nations boycotted due to its anti-Semitic nature.

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Biden Builds Back Obama’s Middle East

That didn't take long. One week after piously and erroneously repudiating the Commission on Unalienable Rights established by his predecessor Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed the hollow selectivity of this administration's commitment to human rights and democratic reform.

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U.N. Casts Doubt on Chinese Claims of Growing Support for Human Rights Record

China says "a majority of friendly and developing countries" at the United Nations signed on to a Cuban diplomatic statement branding China's Uighur genocide a manufactured political crisis, but there is zero documentation supporting that claim, according to a U.N. official.

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