The three diplomats said in a statement that the council loses credibility “if serial human rights violators are continuously allowed to serve on it.” Generally Assembly on the need to reform the 47-nation council. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson hosted a meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. Human Rights Council to prevent countries that routinely commit abuses from becoming members. The United States, Britain and the Netherlands are calling for reforms to the U.N. And Stoltenberg said he is going to Japan and South Korea next month to discuss escalating tensions over North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile program. On other issues, he said Turkey is looking into the possibility of buying air defense systems from France and Italy in addition to the one it recently purchased from Russia. Stoltenberg welcomed Trump’s announcement of increased troop levels and his decision that their presence is not going to be based on specific timetables but on conditions on the ground. Trump last month unveiled his new Afghan strategy saying American troops would “fight to win” by attacking enemies, “crushing” al-Qaida, and preventing terrorist attacks against Americans. General Assembly’s annual meeting of world leaders that after many years of decline, “we have now seen for the first time since the end of the Cold War a real increase in defense spending across Europe and Canada.” Jens Stoltenberg said in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press on the sidelines of the U.N. leader’s insistence that NATO members increase their defense spending is garnering positive results. NATO’s secretary-general is welcoming President Donald Trump’s new strategy for the 16-year Afghan war and says the U.S.
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