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US threatens to quit UN Human Rights Council

Nikki Haley, US ambassador to the UN, is expected to criticise the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday, citing the inclusion of human rights abusers among its membership and claiming it has an institutional bias against Israel.

Ahead of the first US address to the Geneva-based body since it was established, Ms Haley said the US would decide its membership status after seeing “if they’re really serious about human rights or not”. 

“How can you have a human rights council that has Venezuela and Cuba on it, it just doesn’t make sense,” Ms Haley told Fox News ahead of her trip, saying the two countries use their membership to deliberately block discussion of abuses at home.

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