Nikki Haley on Leaving UN Human Rights Council: ‘A Cesspool of Political Bias’

HALEY The Human Rights ░░░░░░░░ is the United Nations ░░░░░░░░ failure It has taken ░░░░░░░░ idea of human dignity ░░░░░░░░ idea that is at ░░░░░░░░ center of our national ░░░░░░░░ and the birthright of ░░░░░░░░ human being and it ░░░░░░░░ reduced it to just ░░░░░░░░ instrument of international politics ░░░░░░░░ that is a great ░░░░░░░░ I don t come ░░░░░░░░ this conclusion happily or ░░░░░░░░ The Obama Administration decided ░░░░░░░░ join the supposedly reformed ░░░░░░░░ Rights Council in 2009 ░░░░░░░░ Secretary of State Hillary ░░░░░░░░ vowed that the United ░░░░░░░░ could improve the Council ░░░░░░░░ working from the inside ░░░░░░░░ the time I became ░░░░░░░░ U S Ambassador eight ░░░░░░░░ later it was clear ░░░░░░░░ this strategy had failed ░░░░░░░░ are lots of problems ░░░░░░░░ the Human Rights Council ░░░░░░░░ two stuck out for ░░░░░░░░ when I came to ░░░░░░░░ UN The first was ░░░░░░░░ Council s membership When ░░░░░░░░ arrived and still today ░░░░░░░░ members included some of ░░░░░░░░ worst human rights violators ░░░░░░░░ dictatorships of Cuba China ░░░░░░░░ Venezuela all have seats ░░░░░░░░ the Council Not only ░░░░░░░░ Venezuela a member but ░░░░░░░░ 2015 the Council invited ░░░░░░░░ dictator Nicolas Maduro to ░░░░░░░░ to a special assembly ░░░░░░░░ got a standing ovation ░░░░░░░░ was not surprising given ░░░░░░░░ 62 percent of the ░░░░░░░░ Rights Council s members ░░░░░░░░ not democracies The other ░░░░░░░░ sign that the United ░░░░░░░░ presence had failed to ░░░░░░░░ the Council was the ░░░░░░░░ existence of the notorious ░░░░░░░░ Item Seven This is ░░░░░░░░ permanent part of the ░░░░░░░░ Rights Council agenda that ░░░░░░░░ devoted exclusively to Israel.”