US State Secretary Antony Blinken announced on Wednesday the US bid for a seat at the UN Human Rights Council.
“I’m pleased to announce the United States will seek election to the Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term,” Blinken told the body in a video address.
“We humbly ask for the support of all UN member states in our bid to return to a seat in this body,” he said.
The administration of former President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the UNHRC in 2018, lambasting it as a “hypocritical and self-serving organization,” as spoken by former US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley.
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