Whereas the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948; Whereas human rights activists and organizations around the world continue to mark International Human Rights Day as a time to call for global recognition of human rights; Whereas the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world ; Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights lists the freedoms of expression, religious belief, political opinion, independent media, access to information, due process, democratic governance, and the right to property among the inalienable rights belonging to every person; Whereas the United Nations Human Rights Council, while founded on sound principles, has failed to fulfill its mission of promoting human rights in the most repressed areas of the world; Whereas the Council, which has 47 members at a time, has included some of the world’s worst human rights abusers, such as Cuba, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Russia, and Nicaragua, and currently the Council includes Cuba, Eritrea, and the Maduro regime of Venezuela within its membership; Whereas the United States announced its withdrawal from the Council on June 19, 2018, due to the organization’s profound need for reform, and its myopic focus on criticism of Israel, a democratic country that respects human rights; Whereas grave human rights abuses in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela should be addressed thoroughly by the Council, particularly in regard to documented cases of arbitrary or extrajudicial killings, torture, persecution for political opinion or religious belief, imprisonment of political opponents, media censorship, and suppression of the rights to speech and assembly