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On the eve of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s latest session, which opened March 12, the United States announced it would not seek election in May for membership in the council. This decision was regrettable because it would have been important to demonstrate that Washington has tried to make the council work. At the […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315