On the eve of the United States announced that they are leaving the Human Rights Council to the United Nations. This step has caused mixed reactions in the world. In Europe, they expressed regret, in Israel - satisfaction, and in Russia was assessed as the weakness of the overseas power. This opinion was expressed by the head of the International Committee of the Federation Council Konstantin Kosachev. "Strong, being confident in their position, continue to prove her rightness in any conditions, even in the minority," he explained.. But the US has a different approach, the senator added, "if it does not work out - slamming the door is the only way out". And this is not the first time. The Americans did the same thing "with UNESCO, and with the Inter-Parliamentary Union, and in a number of other cases, and now they have reached human rights," Kosachev said.. However, rhetoric proceeds "from a country whose authorities are now, in front of a surprised world, being deprived of illegitimate immigrants thrown out of their power by their immature children," the senator stressed.. Perhaps in America they wanted to turn an international organization into an instrument for promoting their own interests and punishing unwanted countries, the decision of the American authorities commented in the Russian Permanent Mission to the United Nations. "Against this background, attempts by the US to blame for the politicization of the work of the Council and in the failure of its initiative practically the whole world seem to be cynical," said the spokesman for the Russian diplomatic mission, Fedor Strizovski. Russia admits that "there are shortcomings in the work of the HRC," he added.. At the same time "the Council has proved its viability", the diplomat stressed.. Our country always up to the end defends its opinion in all instances of the UN. And she will continue constructive work in the HRC aimed at maintaining equal dialogue and cooperation on human rights, for which she put forward her candidacy for elections to the UN Human Rights Council for 2021-2023.

Membership of the Russian Federation in the Council expired on December 31, 2016. , recalls the URA. EN. Earlier in the UK and the European Union, they expressed regret over the US decision to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council, and Israel welcomed it. On the eve of the US permanent representative to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the withdrawal of America from the UN Human Rights Council. However, she added that her country was ready to return to the organization if the HRO was to be reformed.