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Trump administration abandons the U.N.'s top human rights body

The U.S. president, complaining of bias against Israel, said America's participation will be reduced to observer status.

Visitors gaze at Spanish abstract artist Miquel Barceló's ceiling painting in the U.N. Human Rights Council.
Visitors gaze at Spanish abstract artist Miquel Barceló's ceiling painting in the U.N. Human Rights Council. (AN/J. Heilprin)

WASHINGTON (AN) — Disdainful of international organizations and treaties, U.S. President Donald Trump's administration said it will withdraw the United States from the U.N. Human Rights Council.

Announcing the withdrawal, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said the United States would relinquish its voting rights but remain an observer to the council.

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