IT MAY BE MOSTLY SYMBOLIC, BUT DO IT ANYWAY

U.N. panel faces loss of U.S. funding

By Betsy Pisik, Washington Times

NEW YORK — Congress is poised to eliminate the 25 percent U.S. funding for the U.N. Human Rights Council, saying that the forum is dominated by human rights abusers and has become a forum to bash Israel.

The move against the council is part of a number of proposed cuts in U.S. funding for the world body now working their way through Capitol Hill.

Moreover, the latest effort appears to be bipartisan, unlike past budget battles that were driven largely by conservative Republicans. Read more.