US still working with UN despite council exit
The United States is emphasizing that its pullout from the United Nations' main human rights body doesn't mean it's stopping its work with the UN's rights chief.
A US official in Geneva says the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights -- currently Jordanian prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein -- "performs valuable work in promoting human rights."
"We have a very strong relationship with the OHCHR and will continue to promote human rights and fundamental freedoms through that relationship," the press office of the US mission in Geneva said in an e-mail.
The human rights office, or OHCHR, is a permanent UN organization that ultimately falls under Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The United States is traditionally one of its largest donors.
