The US plans to announce its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, media reports said.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, who had last year threatened to pull out of it given longstanding US complaints that it is biased against Israel, along with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, plans to announce the withdrawal at the State Department here at 5 p.m., Bloomberg reported, quoting two people familiar with the matter who requested anonymity.
BREAKING: US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council, accusing the body of bias against US ally Israel and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable https://t.co/DU6AUmwYwM pic.twitter.com/VEHSOwDdp0
— CNN (@CNN) June 19, 2018
On Monday, the Geneva-based council began its latest session.
The announcement will come a day after UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein slammed US President Donald Trump's immigration policy separating migrant children from their parents, The Times of Israel reported, also quoting sources.
RT @USUN: With members like China, Cuba, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Venezuela the Human Rights Council is not worth its name. pic.twitter.com/eEETxFvw19
— Nikki Haley (@nikkihaley) June 19, 2018
The Trump administration earlier pulled out of the Paris climate agreement and the Iran nuclear deal.
