Suzanne Nossel

Executive Director of Pen America

Executive director of Pen America, an advocacy organization working at the intersection of literature and Human Rights. Former deputy assistant secretary of state for International Organizations.

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President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council.

Should the US drop out of the UN Human Rights Council?

President Trump’s UN Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said today the US might pull out of the United Nations’ Human Rights Council.

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