Borut Pahor President of Slovenia attends the Human Rights Council one day after the U.S. announced their withdraw at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
GENEVA (Reuters) - China, Britain and the European Union lamented on Wednesday Washington's decision to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council as Western countries began looking for a substitute for the coveted seat.
The United States withdrew on Tuesday from what it called the "hypocritical and self-serving" forum over what it called chronic bias against its close ally Israel and a lack of reform after a year of negotiations.
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