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Palestinian representatives to the UN pushed a resolution that argues the continuing nature of the “Israeli occupation” is de facto annexation.

The U.N. Human Rights Council has failed to consistently fulfill its mandate to hold governments accountable for violating basic human rights and fundamental freedoms and to promote and protect human rights. Two years of U.S. membership on and engagement with the council have not significantly improved its performance. Rather than continuing to expend finite resources to achieve marginal, temporary results, the U.S. should focus its U.N. human rights efforts through the Third Committee of the General Assembly, supplemented with targeted support for the more effective elements of the U.N. human...

This U.N. “inquiry” has only been in operation a year, but has already left a deep stain on the international body.

The draft resolutions covered a range of human rights issues, from the right to literacy and protection of children from sexual exploitation.

India at United Nations voted in favour of Russia's draft resolution on "Combating glorification of Nazism."