human rights council. abassador called the u.n. hrc protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of clinical violence -- political bias. bias againstd israel. next, we will show you the press conference where they made that announcement. >> good afternoon. the trump administration is committed to protecting and promoting the god-given dignity and read him of every human being. every individual has writes that during inherit and and viable. they are given by god and not government. because of that, no government must take them away. for decades, the united date has led global efforts to promote human rights. often through bilateral institutions. while we have seen improvements in certain tuitions, for far too long we have waited all that progress comes to slowly or in some cases, never comes. too many commitments have gone unfulfilled. president trump wants to move the ball forward. from day one he has called out institutions or countries that say one thing or do another. that is the problem at the huma

offenders sitting on the council. the only thing worse than a council that does nothing to protect human rights is a council that covers for human rights abuses. process --stacle to progress. both the condemning those who have committed no offense. look around the world. its membership includes authoritarian governments with a records,man rights' such as china. there is no competitive election process and countries have colluded with one another to undermine members. since its creation, the council has adopted resolutions condemning israel. the united states has no opposition to multilateral dust to protect human rights. we desire to work with our partners on this objective that reflects america's commitment to freedom. when organizations undermine our interests, we will not be complicit. when they speak to international sovereign tree, we will not be silent. will notd states s take -- from hypocritical bodies as america selflessly gives their blood to help the defenseless. ambassador nikki haley has spent more than h

the only thing worse than a council that does almost nothing to protect human rights is a council that covers for human rights abuses uses and is therefore an obstacle to progress and an impediment to change the human rights council enables abuses by absolving rogers to silence and falsely condemning those who can that can made it no offense a mere look around the world today demonstrates that the council has failed in its stated objectives its membership includes authoritarian governments with unimpaired us and important human rights records such as china cuba and venezuela there is no fair or compatible lection process and countries have colluded with one another to undermine the current method of selecting members in the councils continued and well documented bias against israel is unconscionable since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel than against the rest of the world combined the united states has no opposition in principle to multilateral bodies working to protect human rights we desire to work with our allies and partners on this critical o

leaving the human rights council and the impact that this will have on the council and on the whole u.n. system trump has already taken money away from peacekeeping budgets from the u.n. population fund from other parts of the united nations system and other countries have stepped up to fill that void within the human rights council the european union is very strong the u.k. is very agile very effective with a very large mission and yes we will see a void by the u.s. not having its mission not having its its institutional knowledge and particularly its leadership on human rights but there are other countries we can look to particularly as an american countries who because of the geographic distance between them in geneva don't always play as strong a role as perhaps we might want them to we can look to these countries and expect them to step up and fill the void and to push back against the countries like china who are trying to undermine human rights who are trying to say state sovereignty is more important or the countries like egypt and india who block n.g.o.s from being accredited t

leaving the human rights council and the impact that this will have on the council and on the whole u.n. system trump has already taken money away from peacekeeping budgets from the u.n. population fund from other parts of the united nations system and other countries have stepped up to fill that void within the human rights council the european union is very strong the u.k. is very agile very effective with a very large mission and yes we will see a void by the u.s. not having its mission not having its its institutional knowledge and particularly its leadership on human rights but there are other countries we can look to protect the latin american countries who because of the geographic distance between them in geneva don't always play as strong a role as perhaps we might want them to we can look to these countries and expect them to step up and fill the void and to push back against the countries like china who are trying to undermine human rights who are trying to say state sovereignty is more important or the countries like egypt and india who block n.g.o.s from being accredited to

human rights council and he said that the u.s. would drawl is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from the haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the u.n. body. that was just mentioned america's own human rights record has been called into question on a number of occasions recently donald trump's pick for cia director gina house brought before the issue of alleged torture under the bush administration has bolivia saw one of the secret overseas prisons run by the cia where terrorist suspects were reportedly tortured on mass the u.s. envoy to the un nikki haley has previously said no human rights violator should sit on the un human rights council. being a member of this council is a privilege and no country who is a human rights violator should be allowed a seat at the table. earlier we spoke to ramsey perverted author and editor of the palestine

the only thing worse than a council that does almost nothing to protect human rights is a council that covers for human rights abuses uses and is therefore an obstacle to progress and an impediment to change. let's now speak to louis united nations direct to the human rights watch thank you very much for speaking to us and so we just listening to some of the comments made there from secretary of state might pompei a very strong criticism of the u.n. human rights council saying that they the body had failed in its objectives that it was. accusing the body of shameless hypocrisy is there a serious need for this body to reform from within. the human rights council has done some very good work highlighting human rights abuses around the world scrutinizing then bringing facts to light which enable us to work on holding these countries to account in syria they set up a commission of inquiry that has been working for the last seven years uncovering ghastly abuses reporting publicly on them they set up a fact finding mission for myanmar where we've seen ethnic cleansing on a scale that is mind

council member orkid sassouni here. council member helen smolinski. [interference [ >> co-chair blacksten: all right. ll, we'll take a deep breath and move forward from there. next item is -- are we ready? we're not done. >> clerk: i'm going finish roll call and there was feedback in the room, my apologies and i needed to contact media services to assist with that, but it seems to beng again, thank you. so orkid sassouni is here. council member helen smolinski is absent. >> here. >> clerk: i'm sorry, here. and kate williams is absent. reading of the agenda. item 1. welcome, introduction and roll call. item 2, action item. reading and approval of the agenda. item 3, public comment. items not on today's ajeopardied, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. we welcome the public's participation during public comment periods. there will be an opportunity for public comment at the beginning and end of the meeting as well as after every item on today's agenda, except for agenda items 8 a and 8 b. public comment for that item will be after both presentations.

human rights council and he said that the u.s. withdrawal is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the u.n. body. as i mentioned america's own human rights record has been called into question on a number of occasions one of them donald trump's pick for cia director gene a house under the bush administration has bill oversaw one of the secret overseas prisons run by the cia where terrorist suspects were reportedly tortured u.s. envoy to the u.n. nikki haley has previously said no human rights violator should sit on the un human rights council. being a member of this council is a privilege and no country who is a human rights violator should be allowed a seat at the table author and editor of the palestine chronicle ramsey thinks the us leaving the council is actually a good thing since trump has b

the united states has pulled out from the un human rights council.ws conference, the us envoy to the un, nikki haley, said the council was a cesspool of political bias, whose members targeted countries with positive human rights records to distract from abuses including their own. she said the call for reform in the council had been hampered from within. human rights abuses continue to serve on and be elected to the council. the world ‘s most inhumane regime continue to escape scrutiny and the council continues politicising and scapegoating of countries with positive human rights record in an attempt to distract from the abuses in their ranks therefore, as we said we would do a year ago if we did not see any progress, the us is officially withdrawing from the un unitarian rights council. i want to make crystal clear this is not a retreat from human rights commitment. on the country, we take this step because our commitment is not allow us to remaina part our commitment is not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self—serving organisation t

would quit the council if it didn't change its ways it's hard to accept that this council has never considered a resolution on venezuela and yet adopted five biased resolutions in march against a single country israel it is essential that this council address its chronic anti israel bias if it is to have any credibility it is correct to criticize the state of israel for its actions as said by rabbi luck you can you can challenge the israeli government's policies without being a mighty comet such as this a permanent agenda item investigating israel's treatment of palestinians and the us is recent failure to prevent the un general assembly from condemning israel's use of force in gaza finally made the trumpet ministration say enough on tuesday but when organizations undermine our national interests and our allies we will not be complicit when they seek to infringe on our national sovereignty we will not be silent we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights we could have withdrawn

human rights council and he said that the u.s. withdrawal is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the un body and i was just mentioned america's own human rights record is being called into question on a number of occasions recently donald trump's pick for the cia director gina hospital brought to the fore the issue of alleged torture and the bush administration has one of the secret overseas prisons run by the cia when terrorist suspects were reportedly tortured a month the u.s. envoy to the un nikki haley has previously said that no human rights violator should sit on the un human rights council. being a member of this council is a privilege and no country who is a human rights violator should be allowed a seat at the table well earlier we spoke to ramsey rudolph and editor of the palestine chr

human rights council and he said that the u.s. withdrawal is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the un body russia is among the nations continuing its support of the un human rights council and plans to run for a seat on it according to russia's permanent mission to the un the body is the key international platform for cooperation in this area we spoke to ramsey buddha author and editor of the palestine clinical he thinks the us and leaving the council is actually a good thing. since trump has been in power the u.s. has further cemented its policy of isolation that isolationism of donald trump did not just reach the council but also other international institutions and other american commitments under international law the paris group of corps and so forth and so on now i think they just basica

human rights council and he said that the u.s. withdrawal is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from the haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the un body. russia is among the nations continuing its support of the un human rights council according to russia's permanent mission to the un the body is the key international platform for cooperation in this here moreover moscow says it will continue its work on human rights and plans to run for a place on the council ramsey baroud author and editor of the palestine chronicle thinks the us quitting is actually a good thing since trump has been power the us has further cemented its policy of isolation that isolationism of donald trump did not just reach the council but also other international institutions and other american commitments under international law the powers and so forth and so on no i

resides over a security council or rather uses its veto power in the security council to demolish international consensus so if it's anything it's the opposite. this government does not suit present the democratic spirit of the united nations while the united nations human rights council actually does we've also just how the council criticize the u.s. but border policy do you think that impacted the decision at all. if you could ask that question again i'm sorry we just had the head of the u.n. human rights council criticizing the u.s. for its border paul theme do you think that may have impacted their decision to pull out i think so i think this is a pretense. the whole argument that we are. basically standing against the israeli bias and the chronic. chronic anti israel bias in the council i think this is a pretense in reality since trump has been in power the u.s. has further cemented its policy of isolation that isolationism of donald trump did not just reach the council but also other international institutions and other american commitments under international law the paris protocol and s

human rights council and he said that the u.s. withdrawal is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the u.n. body. author and editor of the palestine chronicle ramsey baroud thinks the us leaving the council is actually a good thing since trump has been in power the us has further cemented its policy of a solution that isolationism of donald trump did not just reach the council but also other international institutions and other american commitments under international law the paris protocol and so forth and so on now i think they've just basically decided to do what's in my opinion is a positive thing remove themselves entirely from the human rights council and say it's a positive thing in this is the u.s. presence in these institutions has only served to target its enemies and to protect israel a

human rights council and he said that the u.s. withdrawal is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the un body we spoke to ramsey bhutto of the palestine chronicle he thinks the us leaving the council is actually a good thing since trump has been in power the u.s. has further cemented its policy of isolation isolationism of done not just reach the council but also other international institutions and other american commitments under international law powers to cool and so forth and so on no i think they just basically decided to do what's in my opinion is a positive thing remove themselves entirely from the human rights council and see it's a positive thing in this is the u.s. presence in these institutions has only served to target its enemies and to protect its interests. the palestinian family

human rights council and he said that the u.s. withdrawal is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the u.n. body as mentioned america's own human rights record has been called into question on a number of occasions one of them a donald trump's pick for cia director. under the bush administration house bill if it's still one of the secret overseas prisons when by the cia when terrorist suspects were reportedly tortured u.s. envoy to the u.n. nikki haley has previously said no human rights violator should sit on the heat un human rights council. being a member of this council is a privilege and no country who is a human rights violator should be allowed a seat at the table. of the palestine chronicle the ramsey route i think the us leaving the council is actually a good thing. since trump has been i

human rights council and he said that the u.s. withdrawal is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the un body we spoke to ramsey bode of the palestine chronicle he thinks the us leaving the council is actually a good thing. since trump has been in power the u.s. has further cemented its policy of isolation isolationism of dung and sham did not just reach the council but also other international institutions and other american commitments under international law the paris protocol and so forth and so on now i think the just basically decided to do what's in my opinion is a positive thing remove themselves entirely from the human rights council i see it's a positive thing in this is that the u.s. presence in these institutions has only served to target its enemies and to protect israel and its inte

[applause] thanks also to ivanka for her leadership in refocusing the council.he's worked so hard on this. she works hard on everything, actually. [applause] huh? come here. i just want to thank -- and she really, she's helping to bring together all these amazing leaders and athletes who will work to break down barriers to youth sports participation and empower each child to reach his or her full potential through sport and through play. i also want to thank the many state and local officials here. there are a lot of them here. some of them i recognize, some of whom are actually quite famous, actually. and they're all here today to support in helping to make this day and the council a tremendous success. i think that's what it's going to be. it will be a great, great success. i'm delighted to welcome the announced members of the president's council on sports, fitness and nutrition. these leaders are committed to getting america's youth onto the field and into the game. the council will be co-chaired by three of the biggest legends in american sports history. tha

human rights council and he said that the u.s. withdrawal is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the un body russia is among the nations continuing its support of the un human rights council and plans to run for a seat on it accorded the russians permanent mission to the un the body is the key international platform for cooperation on this we spoke to ramsey borrowed of the palestine chronicle he things of the us leaving the council is actually a positive thing. since trump has been in power the u.s. has further cemented its policy of isolation the isolationism of donald trump did not just reach the council but also other international institutions on the other american commitments under international law the paris protocol and so forth and so on now i think they just basically decided to do wha

well the council's business last month.would have voted for the provisional agenda for this meeting is full of the situation in the middle east including the palestinian question where you know the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule thirty seven of the council's provisional rules of procedure i invite the representative of israel to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. in accordance with the rules of procedure and the previous practice in this regard i propose that the council invited the permanent observer of the observer state of palestine will to the united nations to participate in this meeting. there being no objection it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. of members of the council have before them documents slashed twenty eight t. and slash five sixteen slash twenty eighty five twenty one of which contain the texts of the two draft resolutions respectively. the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution contained in doc

human rights council and he said that the u.s. withdrawal is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from the haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the u.n. body as well as just mentioned america's own human rights record has been cold and the question on several occasions recently donald trump's pick for cia director that you know hospital brought to the fore with the issue of alleged torture under the bush administration has spilled over so one of those secret overseas. reasons run by the cia where terrorist suspects were reportedly tortured on mass the u.s. envoy to the un nikki haley has previously said that no human rights violator should sit on the un human rights council. being a member of this council is a privilege and no country who is a human rights violator should be allowed a seat at the table. earlier we spoke to ramsey bartow out of

germany for other nations elected to the united nations security council. members will they see makes us a bigger influence on world affairs. and a fugitive suspected off the killing of a german teenager is arrested in the case involving leave rejected asylum seeking out on a fourteen year old girl a stunt drivers politically charged immigration debate. unfold welcome to the program. the g. seven summit which brings together some of the world's most powerful industrialized countries is getting underway in canada well leaders have been arriving in quebec since last night among some japanese prime minister shinzo british prime minister to recent night german chancellor i'm going to back on the agenda of economic growth and climate change gender equality and the ongoing dispute over u.s. types of steel and many main points now that maybe another topic up for discussion could see of donald trump the fold leaving for canada he called for russia to be readmitted to the g. seven after it was expelled over the an exception of crimea right to be in this meeting why

and the president is choosing not to take trey gowdy's council here. you don't see many represents on the house side. sticking up for trey gowdy's line of argument here. when you talk about the president we've seen has tried to 34uddy the waters on this investigation for ag time we're seeing that have an impact on republicans in terms of the electorate. we're seeing republican candidates running for office. and echoing the way in which he describes this investigation as a witch hunt. what the president is doing is having an impact so far. >> thank you very much. and also to mark and michael, stay with me here, again, we're watching and waiting for this white house briefing to happen. we'll take it live, in the meantime, coming up, don't call it a summit, what the president is saying about his upcoming meeting with kim jong-un in a couple days in singapore. >>> why bill clinton says he did the right thing during the monica lewinsky scandal and does not owe her a personal apology. live pic inside that briefing room, what will sarah sanders say about the

council member helen smolinski? absent. council member kate williams? absent. >> co-chair blacksten: all right, i think there is supposed to one or two of the council members who may be joining us by the bridge line a little later on. so we will proceed. i don't believe in this is a quorum but we'll proceed with the meeting. second action item is reading and of the agenda. >> item number 1, welcome, introduction and roll call. item 2, action item, reading and approval of the agenda. item 3. public comment. items not on today's agenda, but within the jurisdiction of the mdc. we welcome the public's participation during public comment periods. there will be an opportunity for public comment at the beginning and end of the meeting as well as after every item on today's agenda. each comment is limited to three minutes and the council will respond your comments following the meeting if you princess diana your contact information. you may complete a speaker's card, available in the front of the room. approach the microphone during public comment or call our b

i now resume my function as president of the council the council is ready to proceed to the votes on the draft resolution contained in document s. last twenty eight teens last five twenty submitted by the united states of america . if among the members of the council members who wish to take statement that make a stand before the vote then please do so but. that does not seem to be the case nothing above that i now put the vote. to the l. in the document as a slush twenty eight hundred plus five twenty submitted by the united states of america that document is now put to the vote. of. will those in favor of the draft resolution contained in document s. last twenty eight teams last five twenty please raise their hand. those against. abstentions. but the result of the voting is as follows. one vote in favor of three votes against. eleven abstentions. the draft resolution has not been adopted into the negative vote of the own two having failed to obtain the required number of votes. and now give the floor to those members of the council who wish to make statements after the vote. you've

the only thing worse than a council that does almost nothing to protect human rights is a council that covers for human rights abuses abuses and is therefore an obstacle to progress and an impediment to change roslyn jordan reports now from washington. the trumpet ministration is arguing that it had to leave the human rights council because nearly a year and a half of lobbying has not worked in its view the council is still allowing countries with very poor human rights records to sit in judgment of other countries and their treatment of their citizens the u.s. is also still very concerned that even though the number of resolutions condemning israeli treatment of palestinians has gone down that it's still being unfairly targeted and the u.s. has valve that it's going to try to protect israel from what it considers an anti israeli bias across the u.n. system what's not clear is whether the u.s. decision is going to have a financial impact the trumpet ministration has long talked about trying to cut the number of dues that it pays to the overall u.n. system because it says that u.s. valu

adoption of the draft resolution that had been submitted by kuwait and supported by a majority of council members with a view to advancing the consideration of maja's to guarantee the safety will being and protection of the palestinian civilian population under israeli occupation on the heels of that regrettable vote in the security council we saw amberley marked last week the fifty first anniversary of israeli's occupation of palestinian and arab territories in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and were reminded again of the decades of failed attempts to bring an end to this occupation to realize the alienable rights of the palestinian people including to self-determination and freedom and to establish a just peace based on the longstanding international consensus in shrine in the relevant un resolutions this illegal belligerent military occupation is the primary source and root cause of the recent emergent crisis we face and is the start backdrop for our continued appeals to the international community for assistance and intervention as the occupation intensifies in its brutality. w

germany and for other nations become nonpermanent number something new and security council so will the move see. a bigger influence on world affairs. also coming up a fugitive suspected of the rape and killing of a german teenager is arrested in iraq the case involving they've rejected asylum seekers and a fourteen year old girl starts germany's politically charged immigration debate. against faults in germany facing the final warm up match before one cup but an injury to a key player could be right as for the clash against saudi arabia. i'm phil gal welcome to the program. the g. seven summit which brings together some of the world's most powerful industrialized countries is about to begin in canada where leaders have been arriving in quebec since last night amongst the japanese prime minister shinzo papacies prime minister theresa may and german chancellor angela merkel on the agenda economic growth climate change gender equality and the ongoing dispute over u.s. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports not of them may be another topic up for discussion could see donald trump before lea

rights council. undermines all the claims from the side of the american administration that they care so much about human rights that is very dangerous very grave situation it has undermined completely the ability of the united states to play at all in any peace in the future and it is definitely affecting good reputation of the american administration and this is also linked to many other issues but on the issue of human eyes this is going to be a very serious loss for the american policy. shortly before the u.s. announced its withdrawal from the council the international body denounced washington's policy on immigration control which has seen hundreds of children being separated from their parents since april. ok. i. was right protests have erupted today in major u.s. cities over the trunks of ministration policy demonstrators held at him it is showing children being kept in prison like conditions and crying for help parents don't comes after the investigative nonprofit organization has had histori

and i think withdrawing from such an important human council local human rights council. undermines all the glooms from the side of the american administration so much about human rights that is very dangerous very good if situation it has undermined completely the ability of the united states to play at all in only peace in the future and it is definitely affecting good reputation of the american administration. this is also linked to many other issues but on the issue of who moderates this is going to be a very serious loss for the american policy. gets higher purdah one has claimed victory in turkey's presidential election he says the unofficial results show the public have given him a mandate for a second five year term a state run and a dollar own news agency is reporting that almost all of the votes have been counted it is there is as a one is currently on fifty three percent while his closest rival center left candidate in her room injure is on just over thirty percent however the opposition claims those figures have been manipulated and that far fewer votes have a

we want to be a perceptible load voice for peace in the security council. but above all for the future of a multilateral world order under the rule be stored or. if. we want to live up to the responsibility that comes with it. we want to make a contribution to results conflict and not even to a lesser crises to emerge. that's coming from our let's bring in our washington correspondent carson phenomena who is standing by with the latest from the united states so carsten germany has been elected now for two years what will it be focusing on during that time. well germany wants to be an honest broker it wants to bring other countries together at once these month national almighty let's run organizations like the united nations in general like the un security council like the world trade organizations and others to work clearly. germans look at issues such as climate change migration the fight against poverty international security also such as in areas as ukraine or the middle east which are in the neighborhood of germany and germany really believes in this ki

like human rights council. undermines all the claims from the side of the american administration that they care so much about human rights that is very dangerous very good if situation it has undermined completely the ability of the united states to play at all in any peace in the future and it is definitely affecting the deputation of the american administration and this is also linked to many other issues but on the issue of human rights this is going to be a very serious loss for the american policy. you're watching out international live from moscow coming up protests erupt in the u.s. once again despite donald trump buying to massive public pressure over migrant children being separated from families all the details but that and the rest the big stories of the week after this quick break. usually when we have brought about a situation where the conflict with the enemy or the three decides to go see the first people to rush into the u.a.e. do their departure and as soon as we depart. so as budget. argentin

leaving the human rights council and the impact that this will have on the council and on the whole u.n. system trump has already taken money away from peacekeeping budgets from the u.n. population fund from other parts of the united nations system and other countries have stepped up to fill that void within the human rights council the european union is very strong the u.k. is very agile very effective with a very large mission and yes we will see a void by the u.s. not having its mission not having its its institutional knowledge and particularly its leadership on human rights but there are other countries we can look to particular as an american countries who because of the geographic distance between them in geneva don't always play as strong a role as perhaps we might want them to we can look to these countries and expect them to step up and fill the void and to push back against the countries like china who are trying to undermine human rights who are trying to say state sovereignty is more important or the countries like egypt and india who block n.g.o.s from being accredited to

human rights council and he said that the u.s. withdrawal is a topic that should be explicitly discussed by the council we did hear from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she said that the usa would be continuing to push an agenda of human rights around the world however they would no longer be participating in the un body russia is among the nations continuing its support of the un human rights council according to russia's permanent mission to the un the body is the key international platform for cooperation in this area in addition to moscow says it will continue its work on human rights and plans to run for a place on the council ramsey bowed author and editor of the palestine things the us quitting the council is actually a good thing. since trump has been in power the u.s. has further cemented its policy of isolation that isolationism of dunn and shawn did not just reach the council but also other international institutions and other american commitments under international law the paris protocol and

human rights council section of state. challenging it with hypocrisy. president trump wants to move the ball forward from day one his call that institutions are countries who say one thing and do another and that's precisely the problem with the human rights council. as president trump said at the u.n. general assembly there's a massive source of embarrassment to the united nations that some governments with the greatest human rights records sit on the human rights council. are going to cost lives to scale up more pain with more on this story and give us a rundown of what's happened well for a long time we've heard the trumpet ministrations speak highly critically of the united nations and specifically the un human rights council but now we have the dramatic move of the usa officially withdrawing from the un human rights council not being a member of this body that it's been a long critical of now we've heard from mike pompei o secretary of state and he specifically cited criticism of israel by the un human rights council as a reason for the usa withdra

council and for the past two and a half years, that council has lived here in city council. it's moving over to our department. so that we can provide that back office support for that council. the council will still be chaired by the mayor and the superintendent. the council will still have senior leadership from the mayor and from the city and the school district and our communities at the council. over the past two and a half years the council has done many bold and what i believe audacious moves already. one is that we've put a stake in the ground to say that in this city, we believe in coordination. we believe in collaboration and as a result, we formed this council. number two, we also have clear north stars that we're moving towards and those are the those five main goals that we have talked about for a very long time. and then number three, we've used data to back up why we need to move towards those north star. so, we've done all those things over the last two and a half years. the next iteration now for ocof is to really figure out where are all the bright spots th

the council drafted the following work force policy recommendations. on work force, the san francisco long-term care system to be successful and meeting its vision, the long-term care coordinating council support long-term care work force policies, which develop and sustain and appropriately skilled work force of sufficient capacity to meet the needs of the long-term care population. on employment or san francisco older adults and people with disabilities, to thrive in their homes and communities, there must be sufficient employment opportunity for all those who wish to participate. therefore, the long-term care coordinating council support employment policies which help create and build employment equity for older adults and people with disabilities. on may 9 supervisor yee hosted a hearing about the gaps in employment and related services for older adults and adults with disabilities. the hearing included much public comment, both frustrations and positives. a number of suggestions, including a small group to look at local, state and federal level po

human rights council describing the body as biased and hypocritical. widespread international criticism. good morning for me kevin owen life this morning sunday the twenty fourth of june just turned eleven am in moscow for the next thirty minutes the let me bring you the latest on the football and a recap of the big news stories of the last seven. yeah the biggest football party on the planet. ready of the world cup in russia and all eyes are on the. counter. then japan clashes with senegal capture and lost much of the day poland's game with colombia. four hundred east of moscow where i'm speaking here for the big england. thank you the way. the air on. your bike was a poly meaning fans of descended on. the part of maintenance numbering me wish that i've seen so far we did do as we got them together for a little before it's back to my little pieces keeping up challenge here in michigan if good at this time the rules are simple one person from each team does the keeping up the rest of the team they have to keep singing keep the kids done well the team a

and the we in this week's other stories the us pulls out of the huge un human rights council accusing it all the extreme hypocrisy and being a cesspool with political bias but a move stronger anger from good global leaders and rights groups. there from the r.t. news center in central moscow i'm a carrot and i'll be here later with some of the week's biggest stories but first let's go live to our special studio in the heart of moscow for your world cup update. yes hello and welcome to aspect of coverage of the twenty first afifa world cup here in russia on day eleven point eight hundred and i'm alexia russia steve dog see if you're watching this in poland going to start this if you're watching this and called on the obviously now it's a game of vital importance to both countries poland and colombia squaring off in group h. because on the bus countries lost their writing fiction as it stands colombia have the only goal of going to yet i mean in the fortieth minute and cracking head of that. was expecting maybe a slightly more energetic game but obviously a lot at stake i don't know neil

human rights council the u.s. has frequently accused the body of being biased against israel while not being tough on other countries it sees as authoritarian israel welcomed america's withdrawal with prime minister binyamin netanyahu calling it a courageous decision. but the head of human rights watch has said it only reflects a commitment on the part of the united states to defending crimes committed by israel and while the un secretary-general expressed regret over washington pulling out the u.s. envoy to the organization claimed there was no other option as rights groups are blocked attempts at reform it is unfortunate that your letter sought to undermine our attempts to improve the human rights council you put yourself on the side of russia and china and opposite the united states on a key human rights issue the united states will continue to be a leader in calling for human rights for all people and enforcing international attention on to mass atrocities now none of this has gone down well in europe with man

also under john's leadership, the council for the first time ever was recognized as a gold level council by the boy scouts of america, journey to excellence program. the highest award a council can earn. after a 35-year career as a professional scouter, john and mary plan to move to in the history of the council. during his tenure, john louisville, kentucky and spend more time with their beautiful family. my congratulations to john on an incredible career and best wishes for his future endeavors. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition. >> mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. thompson: mr. speaker, i rise today to recognize six high school honor students from pennsylvania's fifth congressional district chosen to represent the commonwealth of pennsylvania as delegates at the congress of fure medical leaders. were llowing students selected