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U.S. to 're-engage' with Human Rights Council

The Biden-Harris administration will seek U.S. 'observer' status with the U.N. Human Rights Council at Geneva in a reversal of former Trump-era policy.

,   and  John Heilprin
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Diplomats meet in the U.N. Human Rights Council's chamber at Geneva
Diplomats meet below Spanish abstract artist Miquel Barceló's ceiling painting in the U.N. Human Rights Council's chamber at Geneva (AN/Eric Bridiers)

WASHINGTON (AN) — U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will seek "observer" status before the United Nations Human Rights Council at Geneva in a prominent reversal of the former Trump administration's aversion to multilateralism, America's top diplomat, Antony Blinken, announced on Monday.

The decision to "re-engage" with the world's foremost human rights body is the latest move by the new Biden-Harris administration to undo former President Donald Trump's "America First" isolationist policy.

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