Trump’s decision to withdraw US from UN rights body received with disappointment

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(TibetanReview.net, Feb06’25) –US President Donald Trump’s decision Feb 4 to withdraw his country from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has been received with disappointment by a major Tibet campaign group in the country, calling it a loss of leadership on issues like Tibet. Trump withdrew his country from the world’s top human rights body during his previous term (2017-21) too.

Trump’s executive orders also call for a review of American involvement in the Paris-based U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, known as UNESCO, and a review of US funding for the United Nations in light of “the wild disparities in levels of funding among different countries,” reporte...

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