In video message, Blinken says international body must 'look at how it conducts its business' and eliminate agenda item that singles out Israel for perpetual censure
Antonio Guterres says world must act against far-right, racially and ethnically motivated terrorism; attacks nations that are using pandemic to crack down on dissent
Secretary of State Blinken expected to announce return to Geneva-based body that Trump administration quit in 2018 while citing ongoing bias against Jerusalem
At Senate confirmation hearing, Linda Thomas-Greenfield says she'll fight BDS, encourage states that have normalized with Israel to back Jerusalem at world forums too
Serial rights abusers Syria, Venezuela and Russia also line up to grill Washington over detentions of migrant children, killings of unarmed Black men; last review was in 2015
Israel's UN envoy avoids identifying newest members by name, instead decrying 'anti-Semitic' body's 'obsessive' focus on Israel and urging democracies elected to resign
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