US and Russia Clash Over US Attempt to Debate Rights at UN

The New York Times

UNITED NATIONS — The United States and Russia clashed Monday over a U.S. attempt to have the Security Council debate human rights violations as a major cause of conflict for the first time during this month’s American presidency of the U.N.’s most powerful body.

The council approved April’s agenda without including that debate. But it can still be added if at least nine of the 15 council members vote for it and U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley told reporters later that the United States “fully expects” to hold the debate on April 18.

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