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Biden Orders the U.S. to Re-Engage with the U.N. Human Rights Council

The U.S. will reengage “immediately and robustly” with the U.N. Human Rights Council, the State Department says, citing an order from President Biden. The move reverses the position of the Trump administration, which withdrew from the council in 2018.

The change is part of Biden’s plan to reshape U.S. foreign policy to center “on democracy, human rights, and equality,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement early Monday.

The Trump administration had criticized the U.N. council on two fronts. It said the group had lost credibility by including nations with deplorable human rights records, such as China and Venezuela. And former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the council of having a “disproportionate focus on Israel” — language that his successor echoed Monday.

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