US diplomats staged a walkout at the UN Security Council in New York on Monday after France publicly compared Washington's human rights record to that of authoritarian states, highlighting a sharp rift between Donald Trump's administration and key European allies.
The protest followed a 43–nation vote in Geneva in which the United States opposed renewing UN human rights chief Volker Türk's mandate, aligning with Russia, North Korea, Nicaragua and Mali in a small group of 'no' votes.
