06-19-2018, 11:45 PM
(06-19-2018, 10:40 PM)BigMark Wrote: No fucking surprise.
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/AboutUs/...ns2017.pdf
Neither Trump nor Haley has cited finances as a reason for withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council, to the best of my knowledge.
In my opinion, it's good that the U.S. historically contributed the most the world's human rights council. However, the U.S. should not expect voluntary financial contributions to buy us the right to dictate the agenda or the stances of the council or the individual member countries.
In any case, as of 2018, the U.S. no longer leads in total donations. We're tied at #15 with Qatar. https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/AboutUs/...ns2018.pdf
On a per capita basis, the U.S. hasn't been among the Top 20 donor countries in recent years either.
Anyway, I don't always agree with the council's stances and definitely not the positions of every individual member country, but that's true with any collective. I'd rather the U.S. have donated less than withdrawn altogether.
I think withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council is reflective of our current government's priorities, which do not reflect the priorities of the majority of U.S. citizens.