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  Trump announces withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council, halt to funding for Palestinian refugees

  World | February 05, 2025 6:58 IST

  The first Trump administration suspended funding to UNRWA in 2018, but Biden restored it. The US had been the biggest donor to the agency, providing it with USD 343 million in 2022 and USD 422 million in 2023.

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  UN Readmits Libya In Human Rights Council

  World | November 19, 2011 8:09 IST

  United Nations, Nov 19: The UN General Assembly on Friday voted overwhelmingly to readmit Libya as member of the UN Human Rights Council, eight months after the Muammar Gaddafi-led North African country was suspended for