France’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva launched a verbal attack against the U.S.following a contentious vote to give U.N.
High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk another four-year term, accusing Washington of abandoning its role as a global human rights leader."The US used to be a beacon of human rights.Not anymore," the official French mission account posted on X Saturday.
"Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated.And the world no longer listens to it."The mission added the hashtag "#AmericaAlone."IRAN SECURES UN ROLE WITH BACKING FROM UK, FRANCE, CANADA, AUSTRALIA AS US STANDS ALONEHigh Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivers a press conference at the UN Offices in Geneva on December 9, 2022. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)U.S.
Ambassador to the U.N.Mike Waltz fired back, accusing France of using the attack to distract from its support for Türk."It is disappointing — though not surprising — that this is how France deflects on its shameful vote to coddle some of the worst human rights abusers," Waltz wrote on X.
"France voted for someone who has been lecturing free, sovereign democracies like the United States, the UK, and Israel, while cozying up to the world’s worst oppressors."During the vote by Ambassador Jeff Bartos, the U.S.representative for U.N.
management and reform, declared that the U.N.human rights system "has been losing credibility for decades."TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TOUTS MORE THAN $1B IN UN BUDGET CUTS AS REFORM PUSH GAINS MOMENTUMUnited States Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz testifies during a House Foreign Affairs hearing titled "United Nations Accountability and Reform" in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.
(CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)"Mr.Türk has guided it to its deathbed," Bartos said.
"And if you vote to reappointVolker Türk for a four-year term, it will kick the bucket."Bartos accused Türk of disprop...