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Separately, his administration on February 11 announced a sanctions regime to pressure the Myanmar military to reverse the recent coup. It has also instigated a return to membership of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council, which the former US administration left in 2018.
Impacts
A values-based foreign policy will connect with Congress, where there is support for human rights and democracy promotion.
Biden will exacerbate some political tensions over Israel as he increases US participation in international human rights foruns.
Under international law, the designation of China’s treatment of Muslim Uighurs as genocide would require action from Washington.
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international law,
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sanctions,
summit,
politics
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