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Trump administration abandons U.N. Human Rights Council
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, complaining of bias against Israel, said it will reduce U.S. participation to observer status at the world's foremost human rights body.
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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, complaining of bias against Israel, said it will reduce U.S. participation to observer status at the world's foremost human rights body.
The U.N. secretary-general launched a campaign underscoring the need for nations to scrap nuclear arsenals and other weapons that could result in catastrophic mistakes.
The Hague-based institution, an independent tribunal that's not part of the United Nations system, is meant to step in only when nations won't or can't dispense justice themselves.