<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><oembed><version>1.0</version><provider_name>EU-Logos</provider_name><provider_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu</provider_url><author_name>EU Logos</author_name><author_url>https://eulogos.blogactiv.eu/author/communicationeulogos/</author_url><title>The ironic US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council on World Refugee Day</title><html>&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;Yesterday, the United States of America (US) retired from the Human Rights Council. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;The announcement was made by US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;The two ministers denounced a &quot;hypocritical&quot; and &quot;selfish&quot; institution accused of being &quot;a source of embarrassment&quot; for the United States, although criticized for their migration policy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;The Council was created by the UN General Assembly on March 15, 2006, with the main purpose of addressing situations of human rights violations. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;Made up of 47 States, they are responsible for the promotion and protection of Human rights around the globe.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;This withdrawal is one of the US-sponsored, the Paris Agreement, the JCPOA (Iran nuclear deal) and the UNESCO. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;It is in line with the unilateralist and willingly isolationist policy of a Trump Administration defiant towards international organizations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;In recent days, Donald Trump has been sharply criticized for his firm stance on the separation of children from their parents on the Mexican border. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;The growl came from its own side since Melania Trump herself stood against this situation. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;The UN Seized the debate on the 18th&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt; of June as well as ... the Human Rights Council. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;High Commissioner Zeid Ra&#039;ad Al Hussein declared that it is inadmissible &quot; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;to think that a State seeks to dissuade parents by inflicting ill-treatment on children&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;This disengagement &quot;is not a good signal when human rights are massively put to the test,&quot; said Francois Delattre, the French representative to the UN, which recalls that &quot;they are two great personalities French and American, Rene Cassin and Eleanor Roosevelt, who have written together the Declaration of Human Rights, whose 70th anniversary we are celebrating this year. &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;What an irony that the US withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council occurs at this time. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;Today is International Refugee Day. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;The protection of human rights has never been so crucial to the world.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: right;&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;Ludivine Plenchette&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;For further information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;

&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;About the Human Rights Council:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;UNHRC Website - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/Home.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/Home.aspx&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&quot;Almost 2000 children separated from families&quot;:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;The Independent - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/children-separated-trump-immigration-policy-zero-tolerance-parents-border-a8401526.html&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/children-separated-trump-immigration-policy-zero-tolerance-parents-border-a8401526.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;For an alternative point of view of the fact:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;

&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;Timesofisrael website - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-poised-to-quit-uns-human-rights-council-over-anti-israel-bias/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-poised-to-quit-uns-human-rights-council-over-anti-israel-bias/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;About the International Refugee Day: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/46871/world-refugee-day-belongs-most-vulnerable-%E2%80%93-eu-stands-them_en&quot; rel=&quot;noopener&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;vertical-align: inherit;&quot;&gt;https://eeas.europa.eu/headquarters/headquarters-homepage/46871/world-refugee-day-belongs-most-vulnerable---eu-stands-them_en&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

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