US Ready to Engage with Multilateral Organizations

US to Renew Engagement with the UN Human Rights Council

The Biden administration announced today that it is ready to renew its engagement with the UN Human Rights Council. Stressing that the US is coming back in the international fora with a focus on “foreign policy centered on democracy, human rights, and equality”, President Biden instructed the State Department to engage in a more robust manner with multilateral organisations.

With one caveat going forward, the US calls for sweeping reforms at the UN Human Rights body in “its agenda, membership, and focus, including its disproportionate focus on Israel.”

The United States will participate as an observer initially and will have the opportunity “to speak in the Council, participate in negotiations, and partner with others to introduce resolutions”, according to a press release issued by the Public Affairs Office at the US Mission in Geneva, “It is our view that the best way to improve the Council is to engage with it and its members in a principled fashion. We strongly believe that when t…