Posts Tagged ‘United Nations Human Rights Council’

Need beheading: US welcomes news that Saudi Arabia will head UN Human Rights panel

     While many expressed outrage over Saudi Arabia’s appointment as head of a United Nations’ Human Rights Council panel, one nation has given its seal of approval. Despite the Kingdom’s deplorable rights record, the US State Department “welcomes” the UN’s decision. After it was revealed earlier this week that Saudi Arabia would chair the key […]

Senate Confirms First Native American Ambassador

Print Friendly The Senate confirmed Keith Harper as ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council Tuesday, making him the first Native American to ever become a U.S. ambassador. Harper is an attorney who was one of the lawyers behind a landmark class action lawsuit brought by Native Americans against the federal government. President Barack Obama first nominated him […]

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