As soon as the United States ＂retired＂, Russia immediately applied for ＂joining＂! There are not many ＂groups＂ left for the United States to retreat. ……
CCTV News:On the 19th, local time, US Secretary of State Pompeo and US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Heili held a press conference, saying that the UN Human Rights Council was "politically biased" and announced that the United States would withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council.
△ On June 19th, local time, US Secretary of State Pompeo and US Permanent Representative to the United Nations Heili attended the press conference and announced the withdrawal of the United States from the UN Human Rights Council.
The United Nations expressed disappointment at the withdrawal of the United States.
The United Nations Human Rights Council is headquartered in Geneva and has 47 seats. Members of the UN Human Rights Council are elected by the UN General Assembly.
UN Secretary-General Guterres expressed regret that the United States announced its withdrawal from the UN Human Rights Council on the same day.
Vojislav Suk, President of the United Nations Human Rights Council, issued a statement saying that the Human Rights Council has always advocated the constructive participation of its member States. When multilateralism and human rights issues are challenged, we must uphold a strong and dynamic Council and regard it as the core part of the United Nations in the 21st century.
Russia applied to join the UN Human Rights Council.
Shortly after the United States announced its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Russian Permanent Mission to the United Nations said on the 20th local time that Russia had applied to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2021-2023.
According to Sputnik news agency & radio, Fedor Strzhizhovskiy, First Secretary of the Russian Permanent Mission to the United Nations, said that Russia wants to continue its effective work in the Human Rights Council and maintain equal dialogue and cooperation in the field of human rights. To this end, Russia proposes to become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2021-2023.
It is no accident that the United States has "retired" again.
Analysts believe that there are five reasons why the United States withdrew from the group this time.
Reason one: favoring Israel.
When Haley attended the meeting of the Human Rights Council last year, she accused the organization of being "cruel and morbid" in its treatment of Israel. At that time, she threatened that if the Council did not reform according to the wishes of the United States, the United States would "retreat from the group".
△ On December 18, 2017, the United States vetoed the Security Council draft resolution on the status of Jerusalem. (Photo from Xinhua News Agency/AFP)
Reason two: human rights problems.
Public opinion believes that the "retreat" of the United States this time is also related to the human rights accusations faced by the Trump administration when dealing with illegal immigration.
According to data released by the US government on the 15th, within one and a half months as of the end of May, US law enforcement officers forcibly separated nearly 2,000 minors from their parents when dealing with those suspected of illegally crossing the border. This move by the U.S. government has been criticized and criticized for ignoring the rights and interests of minors.
Reason 3: Dissatisfaction with the Human Rights Council has a long history.
The United States has a long history of dissatisfaction with the Human Rights Council. One of the reasons why the United Nations considered abolishing the Commission on Human Rights, which has existed for decades, in 2005 is that the vast number of developing countries are dissatisfied with its becoming a political tool of the United States and other western countries.
Reason 4: I can’t do whatever I want anymore.
With the increasing influence of developing countries in the global human rights governance system, the usual practice of using human rights in the United States has caused more and more controversy and resistance. In addition, the problems of racial discrimination, excessive law enforcement, extreme poverty and children’s rights in the United States attract more and more attention and criticism, which also makes the United States want to quit the existing United Nations human rights mechanism and start a new stove.
Christopher Galdieri, an assistant professor at St. Anselm College in the United States, said that since the Trump administration took office, it has vigorously promoted "American priority", which is incompatible with the United Nations institutions that advocate multilateralism.
Galdieri said that Trump pays more attention to "transactional" and what kind of "benefits" he can bring to the United States when dealing with international relations. In this case, the United States will not attach importance to international organizations aimed at promoting the development of human rights.
There are not many groups that the United States can retreat from.
In addition to the Human Rights Council, since January last year, the United States has successively withdrawn from the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, UNESCO, the formulation process of the Global Compact on Migration, the Iranian nuclear deal and other multilateral treaties and frameworks, and openly "played the devil’s advocate" with most countries on international and regional issues such as Jerusalem’s ownership and free trade.
In addition, the United States also threatened to withdraw from the Group of Seven and the World Trade Organization, and complained about the reform of the United Nations. There are not many "groups" left for Washington to retreat.
Take stock of the "groups" that the United States has retired in recent years.
Group name: comprehensive agreement on Iran’s nuclear issue
Time to leave the group: May 8, 2018
At that time, in the face of US President Trump’s "willful" decision, many countries in the world expressed serious concern, deep disappointment and regret.
Other parties to the Iranian nuclear issue also have a clear attitude: they will not quit and will continue to work hard to fully implement the agreement. Iran also said that it will stay in the agreement for the time being and will consult with other parties to the agreement.
Group name: Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
Before he announced his withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal, Trump had "moved his knife" to several important agreements in which the United States participated, the first of which was the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).
Time to leave the group: January 23, 2017
Group members: 12 countries including the United States.
TPP negotiations were initially initiated by four Pacific Rim countries: Chile, Singapore, New Zealand and Brunei.
At the end of 2009, the Obama administration announced its participation in the negotiations. In October 2015, 12 countries including the United States reached the TPP.
Group Name: Paris Climate Change Agreement
Less than half a year after taking office, Trump announced that the United States had withdrawn from the Paris Agreement to deal with global climate change.
Time to leave the group: June 1, 2017
Group members: more than 170 parties around the world signed it, and more than 20 parties completed the ratification procedure.
The Paris Agreement was reached by countries at the end of 2015 to replace the Kyoto Protocol, which will expire in 2020.
The main goal of the agreement is to control the global average temperature rise within 2 degrees Celsius in this century, and to control the global temperature rise within 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level.
Group name: UNESCO
Subsequently, the United States announced its withdrawal from an important "international group" — — UNESCO.
Time to leave the group: October 12, 2017
Group members: more than 190 member countries around the world.
UNESCO was founded in 1946 with the aim of promoting cooperation among countries through education, science and culture and contributing to world peace and security.
Shortly after the United States announced its "withdrawal", Israel said it would withdraw with the United States.
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