HUMAN RIGHTS: Leadership of U.N. human rights body becomes proxy battle for world powers’, New York Times, 29 November 2020

HUMAN RIGHTS: An unexpected contest emerged over the 2021 presidency of the UN Human Rights Council. The dispute is pitting some of the U.N.'s most powerful member states against tiny Pacific Island nations. The fight is seen as an effort by China, Russia and Saudi Arabia to put a more compliant state in control ahead of greater involvement by the Biden administration. 'Leadership of U.N. human rights body becomes proxy battle for world powers', New York Times, 29 November 2020