Russia criticizes US pullout from UN Human Rights Council

MOSCOW - 20 June 2018: Russia's UN mission said in a statement that the US exit from the Council reflected Washington's unilateral approach to global affairs.

It said the US had tried but failed to turn the body into an "obedient instrument for advancing their interests and punishing the countries it dislikes," and that American criticism of the body for failing to make changes advocated by Washington appeared "cynical", the ABC News network reported on Wednesday.

The Russian mission described the council as a "key international platform for cooperation in protecting human rights".