{"id":1081,"date":"2018-06-21T21:31:55","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T01:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2018-06-21T21:31:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T01:31:55","slug":"haley-blames-watchdog-groups-for-u-s-withdrawal-from-u-n-rights-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gopplaybook.com\/?p=1081","title":{"rendered":"Haley Blames Watchdog Groups for U.S. Withdrawal From U.N. Rights Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"css-sb57iz e345g291\"><time class=\"css-pnci9c eqgapgq0\" datetime=\"2018-06-20\">By\u00a0<a class=\"css-1xxsw5z e1x1pwtg0\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/gardiner-harris\"><span class=\"css-1baulvz\">Gardiner Harris<\/span><\/a>\u00a0June 20, 2018<\/time><\/p>\n<figure class=\"ResponsiveMedia-media--32g1o ResponsiveMedia-sizeMedium--3hVlk ResponsiveMedia-layoutHorizontal--1e727 css-wu4es4 toneNews\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"media\">\n<div class=\"ResponsiveMedia-container--G2JS6 toneNews\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/06\/21\/us\/21rights_dc\/21rights_dc-articleLarge.jpg?ssl=1\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/06\/21\/us\/21rights_dc\/21rights_dc-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/06\/21\/us\/21rights_dc\/21rights_dc-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2018\/06\/21\/us\/21rights_dc\/21rights_dc-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"css-pplcdj ResponsiveMedia-caption--1dUVu toneNews\"><span class=\"ResponsiveMedia-captionText--2WFdF css-fyuj2v emkp2hg0\">Nikki R. Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, announced the United States\u2019 withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday.<\/span><span class=\"ResponsiveMedia-credit--3F-q_ css-ymj87 emkp2hg1\"><span class=\"css-1dv1kvn\">Credit<\/span>Toya Sarno Jordan\/Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-1h6whtw\">\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The Trump administration rebuked human rights watchdog organizations on Wednesday, blaming them in part for its decision this week to\u00a0<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/19\/us\/politics\/trump-israel-palestinians-human-rights.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">In a scathing letter, Nikki R. Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, criticized the organizations for opposing her failed push last month for a General Assembly vote on changes to the council, the world\u2019s most important human rights body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">\u201cYou put yourself on the side of Russia and China, and opposite the United States, on a key human rights issue,\u201d she wrote to 18 organizations that criticized her attempt. \u201cYou should know that your efforts to block negotiations and thwart reform were a contributing factor in the U.S. decision to withdraw from the council.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">The United States withdrew from the council on Tuesday to protest its frequent criticism of Israel\u2019s treatment of Palestinians. The United States now joins Iran, North Korea and Eritrea as the only countries that refuse to participate in the council\u2019s meetings and deliberations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-1h6whtw\">\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">It was the first time a member has voluntarily left the council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">Several recipients of Ms. Haley\u2019s broadside said that her proposed changes could have led to amendments from Russia, China and other nations to weaken the council.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">Human Rights Watch was among the nongovernmental organizations that opposed Ms. Haley\u2019s push for a General Assembly vote. \u201cThe risk was that it would have opened a Pandora\u2019s box of even worse problems,\u201d Louis Charbonneau, the group\u2019s United Nations director, said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">\u201cThe idea that human rights groups were trying to undermine genuine attempts to reform the council, or that we were working with countries like Russia, is outrageous and ridiculous,\u201d Mr. Charbonneau said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">Western governments largely agreed with the watchdog groups\u2019 view on the issue, derailing the American overhaul effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">\u201cTo this date, we have received not one written edit from a single member state,\u201d Ms. Haley wrote in the letter on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-18sbwfn StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-1h6whtw\">\n<p class=\"css-1i0edl6 e2kc3sl0\">State Department officials said Ms. Haley\u2019s rebuke grew out of intense frustration that the groups banded together to oppose her efforts without talking to her first. 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