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UN Human Rights Council delays US human rights record examination until January after Washington refuses meeting.

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As President Trump pulls back U.S. funding of the United Nations, countries like China, Russia and Qatar are seeking to influence the body’s work on human rights and labor. By Mara Hvistendahl Mara ...

The UN and other critics have long accused Pyongyang of widespread human rights abuses, including running prison camps and ...

The United Nations General Assembly, in its infinite wisdom, has just elected Iran to serve on the Committee for Program and ...

The fourth in the four-part series By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, Chairman, World Forum for Peace & Justice United Nations General ...