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The UN Human Rights Council Whitewashes Brutality
(Washington Post) Nikki Haley - Members of the UN Human Rights Council are - on paper - charged with "upholding the highest standards" of human rights. Does the Human Rights Council actually support human rights or is merely a showcase for dictatorships that use their membership to whitewash brutality? The United Nations must reclaim the legitimacy of this organization. The council must also end its practice of wrongly singling out Israel for criticism. When the council passes more than 70 resolutions against Israel, a country with a strong human rights record, and just seven resolutions against Iran, a country with an abysmal human rights record, you know something is seriously wrong. The author is the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.