WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is formally inviting United Nations racism and human rights envoys to visit the United States amid a contentious ongoing domestic debate over the treatment of minorities in America.
The State Department announced that the administration would issue a standing invitation to all U.N. envoys, known as special rapporteurs, who compile information on race and discrimination and report back to the world body.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken also welcomed the adoption of a resolution by the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council to address racism directed against Africans and people of African descent.
In a statement, Blinken said President Joe Biden’s administration “is deeply dedicated to addressing racial injustice and inequities at home and abroad.”
He said the administration would “lead by example” on the global stage by allowing international scrutiny of its own issues and publicly confronting them.
The invitations come as racial justice issues loom large in the U.S. and elsewhere and are a sharp contrast to the Trump administration’s disdain for U.N. approaches to the matter.
Former President Donald Trump, for instance, had pulled the U.S. out of the Human Rights Council over its treatment of Israel and the presence of numerous autocracies in its membership. The Trump administration had also scoffed at criticism of its policies by the U.N. and its envoys.
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In a statement, Blinken said “great nations such as ours do not hide from our shortcomings; they acknowledge them openly and strive to improve with transparency.” The message appeared aimed not only at an American audience but also at countries like Russia, China and others that routinely reject accusations of discrimination against minorities.
“In so doing, we not only work to set the standard for national responses to these challenges, we also strengthen our democracy, and give new hope and motivation to human rights defenders across the globe,” he said.
.@SecBlinken instead of asking the @UN to come here & tell us how “racist” America is, why don’t you ask them to go to #Cuba where an evil socialist regime storms into peoples homes,beats the crap out of them & then drags them away?#SOSCubaLibre https://t.co/sTEmsvDT8L pic.twitter.com/7hSYPCZK0s
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 14, 2021
As a first step, Blinken said the U.S. had invited the U.N. special rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism and the U.N. special rapporteur on minority issues to make official visits to the United States. Invitations to other unspecified U.N. envoys who deal with “thematic human rights issues” will be forthcoming, he said.
There are dozens of U.N. special rapporteurs, including many who cover human rights in specific countries. But there are also a number who handle broader rights-related issues, including torture, xenophobia, extreme poverty, the treatment of women and girls and indigenous peoples and environmental discrimination.
“Responsible nations must not shrink from scrutiny of their human rights record; rather, they should acknowledge it with the intent to improve,” Blinken said.
WHERE IS BIDEN?| Hundreds calling for change in Cuba are also demanding that the American government intervene. pic.twitter.com/HUVkpX1qnd
— Rochelle Alleyne (@RochelleAlleyne) July 13, 2021
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What a load of ****! We have the Biden administration admitting their incompetence in dealing with internal issues and we have holier-than-thou envoys from the UN coming over to set America straight on problems created and magnified on a grand scale on a daily basis by the very people inviting the envoys over. This is one of the most incredulous displays of crass ignorance I have ever seen.
If these people are so concerned about racism and human rights, then North Korea, China, Russia, Iran, Afghanistan—among others—come to mind, but no—the greatest Nation on Earth is singled out as the most horrific violator—we need to get them in line.
I am reminded of two films—the 2003 release of Bruce Almighty and the 2007 release of Evan Almighty. The lead actors in both were allowed to assume God’s position, but they could not interfere with free will. I read this article and I would love to have just five minutes with unlimited power. Since Barack Obama, this country has been going off the rails. The forces threatening our Nation need to be silenced and we so badly need strong, competent leadership. Every day, it is just more insanity from Biden and his administration. Their actions satisfy any argument as to why they should not be in power.
What racism are they investigating?? THE BLACKS CRIME wave that gets, not only ignored by the left, but in many cases, CELEBRATED?
The Sheer # of blacks, who REFUSE TO comply with the same laws, they DEMAND EVERYONE else be held accountable to?
The level of black on black MURDERS and gun shootings??
The Joe Biden Marxist democrat partys version of Cuba’s demonstrations in the streets. First the demontrations in the cities streets with Antifa coming along burning and looting Americas businesses as they marched down the streets. Communist founded Black lives Matter , ” was most likely marching among the street demonstrators as well. Whats more natural and to be expected, that Marxist democrat pary of America, wouuld invite the communist founded United Nations to Invvestigate America for racial discrimination , I’ sure that the United Nations will find Racial discrimanation festering in America, for sure…
I certainly wouldn’t be shocked, to see that report force mass arrests of ‘conservatives’, to be sent to gulags/re-education camps… ALL in time for the 2022 election cycle.
“In a statement, Blinken said President Joe Biden’s administration “is deeply dedicated to addressing racial injustice and inequities at home and abroad.”…….Translation,,,,,,we now have the ability to not just redistribute American success, wealth and personal property of hard working Americans to the social failures and misfits of America, but now have seized the power to redistribute American wealth and success world wide, on borrowed money,,,,,,,,,with our 10% kickback to the Democrat party and President of course to secure our social conquest of America ad infinitum. America is no longer to be described as “E Pluribus Unum” (Out of many, One),,,,,but Unum E Pluribus (Just one out of many,,,,equity over equality.)
This is not what our patriot soldiers gave their life for.
What is happeninging with the illegal immigrants flooding across Americas open borders every day is part of the Socialists, democrat party plan to bring down this countries Capitalist System by over loading the ( Welfare System thus bringing about a major crisis. This break down of the Welfare System has been tried, and proven to have worked in causing a major Crisis before by the ” Cloward-Priven, System first proposed in 1966. ” ” The Cloward-Priven strategy seeks to hasten the fall of Capitalism by over loading the Government …. With a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into a crisis and economic collapse. ” I can not see how The Capitalist System can provie all those already on welfare and take on all of these illegal immigrants that will be granteded welfare too.
The above comments were taken from ” Dispatch ” article,
Secretary of State Antony Traitor. The New World Order of the communist Democrats and the New World Order Bushes. The United Nations and Europe will run the United States of America, after all we white supremacists are inherently evil and we are an evil racist Country. That is why so many brown skinned people are crossing into our Country from Mexico, because we are the worst nation on the Earth, right Joe Biden? Please give me an airsick bag, as we have a bunch of ***** running our Country or do we have a Country anymore?
The USA is no longer a constitutional republic. It’s an oligarchy, a small group of people, fronted by one man, Joe Biden who now run the country. I’d love to be proven wrong.
More like a dictatorship!
the un-united nations is a cancer on american soil.
WE should have pulled COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY out of the UN, decades ago.
These Dishonorable liberal Democrat phony racist crusades have little or nothing to do with protecting the sensitivities of Black Americans and everything to do with the Democrats setting themselves up as their saviors. Their practice of patronizing groups cannot yield to the facts that the Democrat Party has a long history of racial discrimination. For their cause is not defending the oppressed or the offended but about making themselves look wonderful with their latest destructive political Con.
Doesn’t this bozo blinken look like he came from SNL? That would be a great place for him, since he hasn’t got the sense God gave a chicken. THAT IS PRETTY P**S POOR!
He looks like he just found out someone chopped down his favorite fruit tree !
That’s a good one Joe. Ask the regimes that throw homosexuals off of roofs, that stone women for adultery, that still have slavery in the year 2021, that harvest organs from political dissidents, that release a man-made super engineered virus on the rest of the world, that murder white farmers in their beds and burn down their homes, yes let’s ask those regimes to pass judgement on whether or not America is systemically racist. Have you lost your friggin’ mind???
“We, the people” need to unite and protest all these invitees but making sure only “peaceful” protest is done. Do not forget that any “peaceful” protest that does not Burn, Loot, Maim (blm) will be infiltrated by those who want the “peaceful” protest turn into their own agenda of Burn, Loot and Maim. Head off any infiltrator that causes a problem by removing them quickly.
Since 2008 the dummycrats are in the process of starting a race war and they even steal an election for a stupid senile bigot and THEY want an investigation into racism in this country? If the UN investigator isn’t just a Soros puppet, the dummycrats may have bitten off more than they can chew, as usual. But otherwise, this could be the spark to set off a shooting civil war.
If they come, they should be dropped off individually to walk around unarmed & without security guards in any majority black areas in any majority black & Democrat governed city like Chicago, St Louis, Philly, D.C., Baltimore, Atlanta, Houston, Minneapolis, Detroit & most CA cities.
After being assaulted, robbed, beaten &/or shot at they may find out what rest of us already know re: it is not racism but the thousands of US & illegal alien criminals, drug addicts, Marxists & other violent activists & the criminally insane who are being allowed to run amok to menace, terrorize, rape, rob & kill with impunity by Dem govts that are creating mortal fear & threatening the most basic civil & human rights of US citizens & their children.
On the other hand, anyone from UN HR commission may feel right at home with the lawlessness, violence & political corruption in our Dem governed cities – long as they are well guarded & being wined & dined by the Dem Party, media & tech globalist tyrants, none of whom would consider associating with or living among the majority white or black working stiff US citizens for whom they have contempt.