{"id":20791,"date":"2026-07-29T09:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20791"},"modified":"2026-07-29T09:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T04:12:09","slug":"us-walks-out-on-france-at-un-meeting-to-protest-allys-criticism-of-americas-human-rights-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=20791","title":{"rendered":"US walks out on France at UN meeting to protest ally&#8217;s criticism of America&#8217;s human rights record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"prism-article-body\">\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \"><span class=\"oyrPY qlwaB AGxeB  \">UNITED NATIONS &#8212; <\/span>U.S. diplomats walked out as their French counterparts were speaking at the United Nations on Monday after <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nato-summit-takeaways-trump-ukraine-iran-albania-4821e7c6f2ab0b8a729d0e798bfe6359\">America\u2019s close European ally<\/a> criticized the Trump administration&#8217;s human rights record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The surprise move during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine followed U.S. opposition to giving <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/turk-human-rights-chief-united-nations-61dc91622d141da0aba689e6436ea47c\">U.N. human rights chief Volker T\u00fcrk<\/a> another four-year term. The reappointment on Friday got overwhelming support, including from France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The U.S. walkout reflects not only the more <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-macron-france-summit-relationship-g7-64c82a3ef7d445d17a88c033f6bcbfb0\">strained relations<\/a> between President Donald Trump and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, but also wider <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nato-summit-turkey-trump-spending-forces-iran-1be2097870a203c28469246077da4fd1\">tensions between the U.S. and Europe<\/a>. These include questions over Trump&#8217;s <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nato-summit-takeaways-trump-ukraine-iran-albania-4821e7c6f2ab0b8a729d0e798bfe6359\">commitment to NATO<\/a>, possible changes to <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/troop-deployments-europe-costs-trump-bb43a4fd108a663e69ba4bc9b9f6e6ce\">U.S. troop deployments in Europe<\/a>, and <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/greenland-denmark-security-trump-arctic-north-nato-95f6d033dc24938a8cb61f463175e6d7\">Trump\u2019s desire to control Greenland,<\/a> which belongs to NATO member Denmark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Trump has <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-iran-nato-strait-of-hormuz-europe-4e0cf38708e9c3ba8ea2a36148620067\">complained that Europeans<\/a>, who weren&#8217;t consulted, did not help the U.S. during the Iran war. Amid the tensions, Macron has taken a lead in trying to build up Europe&#8217;s military and <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/france-nuclear-deterrent-umbrella-russia-55e91ab65d13559dfc55dfe376ba5268\">ensure a nuclear umbrella<\/a> as one of the continent&#8217;s two nuclear powers, along with Britain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">After Monday\u2019s brief walkout, deputy U.S. ambassador Dan Negrea accused France of feigning \u201cmoral outrage\u201d and pretending to lecture the world about every topic, including human rights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The United States has stood by France in every conflict where its &#8220;freedom has been imperiled\u201d and tolerated its grandstanding \u201cout of a sense of camaraderie and mutual respect,\u201d he said, but no more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">What sparked the walkout was a social media post Friday from France\u2019s U.N. Mission in Geneva criticizing U.S. opposition to a second term for the U.N. rights chief. The General Assembly voted 144-10 with 13 abstentions in support of T\u00fcrk, with the U.S. among the \u201cno\u201d votes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cThe US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali <!-- -->&amp;<!-- --> Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it,\u201d the French Mission tweeted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., in responding on X, accused France of coddling \u201dsome of the worst human rights abusers\u201d and voting \u201cfor someone who has been lecturing, free, sovereign democracies like the United States, the UK, and Israel, while cozying up to the world\u2019s worst oppressors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">T\u00fcrk\u2019s job as the U.N. rights chief, by its nature, is tricky: It requires speaking out against rights violations by the governments of the countries that make up the membership of the world body.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">For instance, T\u00fcrk has sharply criticized <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/russia-ukraine\">Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion of Ukraine<\/a> and Israel\u2019s war in Gaza as well as having urged <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/world-cup-fifa-us-human-rights-turk-58fd22fa00291fa471f00f9fdd00d5dc\">a \u201cmassive rethink\u201d of U.S. immigration policy<\/a> before the World Cup, citing issues around \u201cracial profiling, surveillance and immigration enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">At Monday\u2019s meeting, Negrea drilled in on France.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">\u201cToday, I remind them that it is the United States that remains the beacon of liberty for the world,\u201d he said. \u201cAs such, we will not be affording them the benefit of listening to their politicized drivel until they renounce their condescending and disrespectful rhetoric and behave in a manner commensurate with their seat on this council.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">France\u2019s U.N. Ambassador Jerome Bonnafont never mentioned the walkout when asked to take the floor at the end of the council meeting to respond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Instead, he noted that France \u2014 which helped the United States gain its independence \u2014 took part in the July 4 celebration of America\u2019s 250th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">\u201cThe United Nations was created with the goal of working towards international peace and security, human rights and development,\u201d he said. \u201cAll of that forms the spirit in which France works within the United Nations \u2026 to preserve this institution, its independence, its ability to act in service of the charter and act to serve human rights and peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS &#8212; U.S. diplomats walked out as their French counterparts were speaking at the United Nations on Monday after America\u2019s close European ally criticized the Trump administration&#8217;s human rights record. 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