US To Rejoin Un Human Rights Council

The U.S. plans to rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council after former President Trump left the organization in 2018, The Associated Press reported Sunday.

U.S. officials familiar with the decision told the AP that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and a senior U.S. diplomat in Geneva will announce the country’s decision to rejoin the council as a non-voting member for this year, with the goal of becoming a full member next year.

The White House declined to comment on the matter, and the State Department did not immediately return a request for comment.

The announcement would represent the latest move by the Biden administration to reverse Trump’s isolationist agenda, in which he removed the U.S. from a number of international groups.

Read more at The Hill.

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