US lobbies United Nations rights council forsaken by Trump

Reuters - Dawn - 05/04
Geneva-based diplomats say they received messages from US diplomats before change of proposal's wording to oppose new investigation on Israel's actions.

GENEVA: Two months after President Donald Trump announced a halt to US engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council, officials in Washington are trying to influence its work by applying pressure publicly and behind the scenes, according to diplomats and rights workers.

The United States left its seat empty during a six-week session of the 47-member council ...
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