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UN rights chief: Vowed US cuts wouldn't be 'fatal' to office

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Last Updated : Aug 29 2018 | 6:20 PM IST

The UN human rights chief says threatened US funding cuts wouldn't be "fatal" for his office, but says he hopes other countries won't follow suit.

Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein insisted "the office will continue to survive" even if the US carries out the promise made by US National Security Adviser John Bolton in an interview with The Associated Press last week.

Zeid told reporters today that "clearly what one doesn't want to see is a whole series of withdrawals and withdrawal of funding."

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First Published: Aug 29 2018 | 6:20 PM IST

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