The US Ambassador Nikki Haley said last year that the group has a 'chronic anti-Israel bias'.
President Donald Trump's administration is said to be set on withdrawing the US from the United Nations Human Rights Council. which meets for a new session next week
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has accused the 47-member organisation based in Geneva of “chronic anti-Israel
bias” since she came into office last year and according to a number of
reports, the withdrawal is “imminent,” particularly after UN's recent
condemnation of Israel's violence against Palestinians in Gaza.
Diplomats believe it is a case of when, not if, the US
withdraws according to Reuters, although the State Department did not
say in a statement that a decision had been made.
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Source: The Independent
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