The United States is reengaging with the United Nations’ Human Rights Council and plans to rejoin it, President Joe Biden’s administration announced Monday. The council “is a flawed body in need of reform” but the U.S. withdrawal in 2018 not only didn’t encourage meaningful change, but “created a vacuum of U.S. leadership, which countries with…
Biden Administration Moving to Rejoin United Nations Human Rights Council
Biden Administration Plans to Rejoin United Nations Human Rights Council
The United States is reengaging with the United Nations Human Rights Council and plans to rejoin the body, the Biden administration said on Feb 8. While the council “is a flawed body in need of reform,” the U.S. withdrawal in 2018 not only didn’t encourage meaningful change, it “created a vacuum of U.S. leadership, which…
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Biden’s UN Ambassador Nominee Defends Past Praise of China
President Joe Biden’s nominee to become ambassador to the United Nations on Wednesday faced questioning over her past praise of China’s communist regime. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, speaking at an event in 2019 put on by the communist-supported Confucius Institute network, spoke positively about China, telling the audience that the country has invested in Africa in a…
UN Experts Alarmed by Trend Toward Assisted Dying for Non Terminal Conditions
OTTAWA—United Nations human rights experts are alarmed by what they see as a growing trend to enact legislation allowing medical assistance in dying for people suffering from non-terminal, disabling conditions. Three experts, including the UN’s special rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, say such legislation tends to be based on “ableist” assumptions about…
Global Foreign Direct Investment Collapses in 2020
WASHINGTON—Foreign direct investment flows worldwide plunged last year due to the pandemic, which caused severe economic disruptions and forced companies to halt or delay investment decisions. United Nations data showed that the developed countries including the United States saw the biggest decline in investment flows. Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 42 percent in…
Global Foreign Direct Investment Fell 42 Percent in 2020
WASHINGTON—Foreign direct investment flows worldwide plunged last year due to the pandemic, which caused severe economic disruptions and forced companies to halt or delay investment decisions. United Nations data showed that developed countries including the United States saw the biggest decline in investment flows. Global foreign direct investment (FDI) fell by 42 percent in 2020…
UN Ambassador’s Planned Trip to Taiwan Canceled
A planned trip to Taiwan by the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft has been canceled. She would have been the third senior American official travel to the island in less than six months. Craft was due to visit Taiwan from Wednesday to Friday, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a…
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