It was with special interest that I read the announcement of 8
February that the
U.S. is rejoining the United Nations Human Rights
Council to re-engage immediately and robustly with the body to pursue a foreign
policy centered on democracy and human rights.
That is indeed a challenge and honourable on the part of President Biden’s Administration instructions.
However, Mr. Blinken, your involvement won’t be that easy to
unhook, thousands and thousands and thousands of members of the Sri
Lanka-Sinhalese Diaspora community from the bold words of Nikki Haley who said,
that the UNHRC is a
cesspool of political bias, and a self serving body