US Ambassador to the United Nations nominee Linda Thomas-Greenfield during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, January 27, 2021, in Washington, DC. © 2021 Greg Nash/Pool via AP
President Joe Biden s choice for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, should make promoting respect for human rights a top priority at the United Nations. That means delivering on her promise to aggressively counter what she described as China’s “malign efforts in New York” while restoring the United States role as a trusted voice on human rights.
Previous U.S. administrations have been inconsistent in their defense of human rights at the United Nations, a problem that grew exponentially under the Trump administration. Thomas-Greenfield should chart a new strategy for the U.S. that would prioritize human rights issues based on their urgency and importance, not whether they involve governments deemed
Biden and UN ambassador must defend human rights in China, Saudi Arabia
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China possibly committed genocide against Xinjiang s Uighur Muslims, US commission says
SYNDICATED 2 months ago China has possibly committed genocide in its treatment of Uighurs and other minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang, a bipartisan commission of the U.S. Congress said in a report Thursday. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said new evidence had emerged in the past year that crimes against humanity – and possibly genocide – are occurring in Xinjiang. It also accused China of harassing Uighurs in the U.S. China has been widely condemned for setting up complexes in Xinjiang that it describes as vocational training centers to stamp out extremism and give people new skills, which others have called concentration camps. The United Nations says at least 1 million Uighurs and other Muslims have been detained in Xinjiang.The region is home to around 10 million Uighurs. The Turkic Muslim group, which makes up around 45% of Xinjiang s po