Nicaragua withdraws from UN Human Rights Council

FILE PHOTO: Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega and Vice President Rosario Murillo greet supporters during an event to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the taking of the national palace by Sandinistas guerrilla in 1978, in Managua, Nicaragua August 22, 2018. Picture taken August 22,2018. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas/File Photo

(Reuters) - Nicaragua announced on Thursday it would withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council, following a UN report that urged the international community to address human rights violations by President Daniel Ortega's government.

Vice President and first lady, Rosario Murillo, called the decision "sovereign and irrevocable," stating Nicaragua would cease participation in all activities related to the Human Rights Council and its "satellite mechanisms."