SAY WHAT? Obama Gives Go Ahead For New UN “Regional Hub” In Washington DC…What They Plan To Use Center For Is DisturbingIf seven years ago, someone told Americans that the UN would be allowed to place a  Regional Hub  in our nations Capitol, they would have been dismissed as a  tin foil  conspiracy theorist. But then, who would ve imagined that it was possible we d have an anti-American community organizer as the President of our United States of America?EXCLUSIVE: The chief United Nations human rights agency, with the Obama administration s apparent blessing, is creating a new  regional hub  for itself in Washington, to use as a center for organizing against the death penalty, among other things, and for affecting the legal frameworks, policies, and strategies of American counterterrorism.In a management plan covering its activities through 2017, the agency, known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, or OHCHR, puts the U.S. in the same category for that counterterrorism  alignment  effort as countries like Iraq and Uganda.The fast-tracked human rights  hub  also has a number of more nebulous  thematic  objectives for the U.S., which include, according to an OHCHR information document,  the establishment of national participatory bodies for reporting and implementing recommendations of human rights mechanisms  and the aim of  widening the democratic space  with the aid of undefined  National Human Rights Institutions. It may also involve, as OHCHR notes in its management plan,  increasing advocacy for ratification of human rights treaties and withdrawal of treaty reservations    meaning exceptional carve-outs that nations   including those like the U.S., with a federal division of power   can make to limit their acceptance of international agreements.In the case of the death penalty, for example, U.S. refusal to join in a U.N- sponsored global moratorium is based on the fact that such criminal justice measures also are the responsibilities of individual states.Nonetheless, as OHCHR s management plan notes,  in addition to global efforts to abolish the death penalty by 2017, OHCHR expects to have contributed to a moratorium on the application of the death penalty or pending a moratorium, increased compliance with relevant international human rights obligations in countries such as Iraq, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, South Sudan, the United States of America and other countries in Asia and the Americas. The OHCHR puts the U.S. in the same category for its counterterrorism  alignment  effort as countries like Iraq and Uganda.All of those themes, along with OHCHR s view of itself as  the principal advocate for human rights within the U.N. system,  seem likely to bring the U.S. into closer proximity to the U.N. s tangled, proliferating and often sweepingly contradictory notions of international human rights law   and also, perhaps, to the notoriously dictatorship-riddled, 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council.Among other things, the Council, which has been far more enthusiastic about condemning alleged human rights transgressions in Israel than in any other nation, creates mandates for OHCHR, which also serves as the Council s bureaucratic support.The Obama administration reversed the policies of George W. Bush to join the Council in 2009, and served consecutive three-year terms that ended last month, claiming victories during that time in focusing the Council on gay rights and criticism of human rights practices in North Korea and Iran.While no longer on the Council, the administration now seems comfortable with bringing the U.N. s human rights approach into closer contact with U.S. legislators, lobbyists, human rights activists and, perhaps most importantly, financial appropriators, before it leaves office at the end of next year.Indeed, the OHCHR  hub    which will cover not just the U.S. but  North America and the English-speaking Caribbean    already has a warm advance welcome from the administration that also seems aimed at letting the new U.N. outpost arrive smoothly under Washington s political radar.Last month U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, Pamela Hamamoto, wrote to tell the aggressively expanding human rights body that it didn t need any additional legal agreement to establish the Washington hub, complete with full legal privileges and immunities, since it already is covered by legal agreements for the U.N. headquarters in New York, where OHCHR maintains a strong presence.If OHCHR felt otherwise, Hamamoto said on behalf of the administration,  we would be happy to discuss alternative ways in which we might accommodate OHCHR s specific requests. On the surface, the hub is part of a sweeping  Change Initiative  being promoted by the U.N. High Commissioner, Zeid Ra ad Al Hussein, which aims at decentralizing the Geneva-based organization, extending its outreach and human rights monitoring capability, and ostensibly improving its efficiency through, among other things, concentration on eight global hubs as focuses of activity.As it happens, the initiative is not that much of a change: six of the hubs already exist, including one in Panama City for Latin America. The only new ones are intended for Washington and Istanbul.According to Zeid, the initiative would mostly involve the reshuffling of existing personnel   shipping them away from Geneva headquarters, where more than half of the agency s roughly 1,100 staff is located. Zeid says that exercise, including the establishment of the new Washington venue, would be  revenue neutral. That assumption, however, was received skeptically by the U.N. s chief financial oversight committee, which called the calculation  preliminary,  and recommended against approving the restructuring until Zeid came back with a  clear and detailed proposal  with a lot more detail.Recommendations of the committee are usually adopted uncritically by the U.N. General Assembly s Fifth Committee, which approves financial measures.But Zeid has been lobbying the Fifth Committee energetically to break that tradition in his case   in part because, as OHCHR s fact sheet observes, the 2016-2017 budget that the advisory committee was assessing  will cover the majority of the remainder of the High Commissioner s [four-year] term of appointment.  (Zeid was appointed in 2014.)The issue came up in so-called  informal    meaning closed   discussions of the Fifth Committee earlier this week. Questions from Fox News to Zeid s spokesman about the discussions went unanswered.Questions to the State Department from Fox News about the issue were referred to the U.S. Mission to the U.N., headed by Ambassador Samantha Power.Questions from Fox News to the Mission about the discussion, and the overall U.S. government view of the hub, were not answered.Beyond the fact that his career clock is ticking, another reason for Zeid s gung-ho approach to the hub could be the possibility that no future U.S. President will be as enthusiastically multilateral as Barack Obama, giving a now-or-never urgency to the chance to bring the U.S. further under the U.N. human rights umbrella.And yet another reason might be that the reorganization could coincidentally help to bring down the curtain on a sensitive political problem for Zeid.As part of the Change Initiative, he has announced that one of OHCHR s important units, the Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division, which deals with human rights issues at the country level and also incorporates human rights observation of U.N. peacekeeping operations, will be disbanded in Geneva and pieced off to the hubs.That division is headed by Anders Kompass, the senior human rights officer who kicked up a firestorm when he passed on an unredacted human rights report about alleged sexual abuse of children by non-U.N. peacekeepers in the Central African Republic to French authorities.For entire story: FOX Newspolitics
say what obama gives go ahead for new un regional hub in washington they plan to use center for is disturbing seven years ago someone told americans un would allowed place regional hub nations capitol would dismissed tin foil conspiracy theorist but would imagined possible community organizer president united states america exclusive the chief united nations human rights agency obama administration apparent blessing creating new regional hub washington use center organizing death penalty among things affecting legal frameworks policies strategies american management plan covering activities agency known office high commissioner human rights occur puts category counterterrorism alignment effort countries like iraq human rights hub also number fabulous thematic objectives include according occur information document establishment national participatory bodies reporting implementing recommendations human rights mechanisms aim widening democratic space aid undefined national human rights institutions it may also involve occur notes management plan increasing advocacy ratification human rights treaties withdrawal treaty reservations meaning exceptional nations including like federal division power make limit acceptance international case death penalty example refusal join sponsored global moratorium based fact criminal justice measures also responsibilities individual occur management plan notes addition global efforts abolish death penalty occur expects contributed moratorium application death penalty pending moratorium increased compliance relevant international human rights obligations countries iraq kenya liberia libya palestine papua new guinea somalia south sudan united states america countries asia americas the occur puts category counterterrorism alignment effort countries like iraq themes along occur view principal advocate human rights within system seem likely bring closer proximity tangled proliferation often seemingly contradictory notions international human rights law also perhaps notoriously human rights things council far enthusiastic condemning alleged human rights transgressions israel nation creates mandates occur also serves council bureaucratic obama administration reversed policies george bush join council served consecutive terms ended last month claiming victories time focusing council gay rights criticism human rights practices north korea longer council administration seems comfortable bringing human rights approach closer contact legislators lobbyists human rights activists perhaps importantly financial appropriations leaves office end next occur hub cover north america caribbean already warm advance welcome administration also seems aimed letting new outpost arrive smoothly washington political month ambassador geneva pamela hamamoto wrote tell aggressively expanding human rights body need additional legal agreement establish washington hub complete full legal privileges communities since already covered legal agreements headquarters new york occur maintains strong occur felt otherwise hamamoto said behalf administration would happy discuss alternative ways might accommodate occur specific requests on surface hub part sweeping change initiative promoted high commissioner eid ra ad al hussain aims decentralizing organization extending outreach human rights monitoring capability ostensibly improving efficiency among things concentration eight global hubs focuses happens initiative much change six hubs already exist including one panama city latin america the new ones intended washington eid initiative would mostly involve reshuffling existing personnel shipping away geneva headquarters half agency roughly staff located eid says exercise including establishment new washington venue would revenue neutral that assumption however received skeptical chief financial oversight committee called calculation preliminary recommended approving restructuring eid came back clear detailed proposal lot committee usually adopted critically general assembly fifth committee approves financial eid lobbying fifth committee energetically break tradition case part occur fact sheet observes budget advisory committee assessing cover majority remainder high commissioner term appointment eid appointed the issue came informal meaning closed discussions fifth committee earlier week questions fox news eid spokesman discussions went state department fox news issue referred mission headed ambassador samantha fox news mission discussion overall government view hub fact career clock ticking another reason eid approach hub could possibility future president enthusiastically multilateral barack obama giving urgency chance bring human rights yet another reason might reorganization could coincidentally help bring curtain sensitive political problem part change initiative announced one occur important units field operations technical cooperation division deals human rights issues country level also incorporates human rights observation peacekeeping operations disbanded geneva piece division headed anders compass senior human rights officer kicked firestorm passed unrelated human rights report alleged sexual abuse children peacekeepers central african republic french entire story fox newspolitics
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: SAY WHAT? Obama Gives Go Ahead For New UN “Regional Hub” In Washington DC…What They Plan To Use Center For Is DisturbingIf seven years ago, someone told Americans that the UN would be allowed to place a  Regional Hub  in our nations Capitol, they would have been dismissed as a  tin foil  conspiracy theorist. But then, who would ve imagined that it was possible we d have an anti-American community organizer as the President of our United States of America?EXCLUSIVE: The chief United Nations human rights agency, with the Obama administration s apparent blessing, is creating a new  regional hub  for itself in Washington, to use as a center for organizing against the death penalty, among other things, and for affecting the legal frameworks, policies, and strategies of American counterterrorism.In a management plan covering its activities through 2017, the agency, known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, or OHCHR, puts the U.S. in the same category for that counterterrorism  alignment  effort as countries like Iraq and Uganda.The fast-tracked human rights  hub  also has a number of more nebulous  thematic  objectives for the U.S., which include, according to an OHCHR information document,  the establishment of national participatory bodies for reporting and implementing recommendations of human rights mechanisms  and the aim of  widening the democratic space  with the aid of undefined  National Human Rights Institutions. It may also involve, as OHCHR notes in its management plan,  increasing advocacy for ratification of human rights treaties and withdrawal of treaty reservations    meaning exceptional carve-outs that nations   including those like the U.S., with a federal division of power   can make to limit their acceptance of international agreements.In the case of the death penalty, for example, U.S. refusal to join in a U.N- sponsored global moratorium is based on the fact that such criminal justice measures also are the responsibilities of individual states.Nonetheless, as OHCHR s management plan notes,  in addition to global efforts to abolish the death penalty by 2017, OHCHR expects to have contributed to a moratorium on the application of the death penalty or pending a moratorium, increased compliance with relevant international human rights obligations in countries such as Iraq, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Somalia, South Sudan, the United States of America and other countries in Asia and the Americas. The OHCHR puts the U.S. in the same category for its counterterrorism  alignment  effort as countries like Iraq and Uganda.All of those themes, along with OHCHR s view of itself as  the principal advocate for human rights within the U.N. system,  seem likely to bring the U.S. into closer proximity to the U.N. s tangled, proliferating and often sweepingly contradictory notions of international human rights law   and also, perhaps, to the notoriously dictatorship-riddled, 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council.Among other things, the Council, which has been far more enthusiastic about condemning alleged human rights transgressions in Israel than in any other nation, creates mandates for OHCHR, which also serves as the Council s bureaucratic support.The Obama administration reversed the policies of George W. Bush to join the Council in 2009, and served consecutive three-year terms that ended last month, claiming victories during that time in focusing the Council on gay rights and criticism of human rights practices in North Korea and Iran.While no longer on the Council, the administration now seems comfortable with bringing the U.N. s human rights approach into closer contact with U.S. legislators, lobbyists, human rights activists and, perhaps most importantly, financial appropriators, before it leaves office at the end of next year.Indeed, the OHCHR  hub    which will cover not just the U.S. but  North America and the English-speaking Caribbean    already has a warm advance welcome from the administration that also seems aimed at letting the new U.N. outpost arrive smoothly under Washington s political radar.Last month U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. in Geneva, Pamela Hamamoto, wrote to tell the aggressively expanding human rights body that it didn t need any additional legal agreement to establish the Washington hub, complete with full legal privileges and immunities, since it already is covered by legal agreements for the U.N. headquarters in New York, where OHCHR maintains a strong presence.If OHCHR felt otherwise, Hamamoto said on behalf of the administration,  we would be happy to discuss alternative ways in which we might accommodate OHCHR s specific requests. On the surface, the hub is part of a sweeping  Change Initiative  being promoted by the U.N. High Commissioner, Zeid Ra ad Al Hussein, which aims at decentralizing the Geneva-based organization, extending its outreach and human rights monitoring capability, and ostensibly improving its efficiency through, among other things, concentration on eight global hubs as focuses of activity.As it happens, the initiative is not that much of a change: six of the hubs already exist, including one in Panama City for Latin America. The only new ones are intended for Washington and Istanbul.According to Zeid, the initiative would mostly involve the reshuffling of existing personnel   shipping them away from Geneva headquarters, where more than half of the agency s roughly 1,100 staff is located. Zeid says that exercise, including the establishment of the new Washington venue, would be  revenue neutral. That assumption, however, was received skeptically by the U.N. s chief financial oversight committee, which called the calculation  preliminary,  and recommended against approving the restructuring until Zeid came back with a  clear and detailed proposal  with a lot more detail.Recommendations of the committee are usually adopted uncritically by the U.N. General Assembly s Fifth Committee, which approves financial measures.But Zeid has been lobbying the Fifth Committee energetically to break that tradition in his case   in part because, as OHCHR s fact sheet observes, the 2016-2017 budget that the advisory committee was assessing  will cover the majority of the remainder of the High Commissioner s [four-year] term of appointment.  (Zeid was appointed in 2014.)The issue came up in so-called  informal    meaning closed   discussions of the Fifth Committee earlier this week. Questions from Fox News to Zeid s spokesman about the discussions went unanswered.Questions to the State Department from Fox News about the issue were referred to the U.S. Mission to the U.N., headed by Ambassador Samantha Power.Questions from Fox News to the Mission about the discussion, and the overall U.S. government view of the hub, were not answered.Beyond the fact that his career clock is ticking, another reason for Zeid s gung-ho approach to the hub could be the possibility that no future U.S. President will be as enthusiastically multilateral as Barack Obama, giving a now-or-never urgency to the chance to bring the U.S. further under the U.N. human rights umbrella.And yet another reason might be that the reorganization could coincidentally help to bring down the curtain on a sensitive political problem for Zeid.As part of the Change Initiative, he has announced that one of OHCHR s important units, the Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division, which deals with human rights issues at the country level and also incorporates human rights observation of U.N. peacekeeping operations, will be disbanded in Geneva and pieced off to the hubs.That division is headed by Anders Kompass, the senior human rights officer who kicked up a firestorm when he passed on an unredacted human rights report about alleged sexual abuse of children by non-U.N. peacekeepers in the Central African Republic to French authorities.For entire story: FOX Newspolitics
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: say what obama gives go ahead for new un regional hub in washington they plan to use center for is disturbing seven years ago someone told americans un would allowed place regional hub nations capitol would dismissed tin foil conspiracy theorist but would imagined possible community organizer president united states america exclusive the chief united nations human rights agency obama administration apparent blessing creating new regional hub washington use center organizing death penalty among things affecting legal frameworks policies strategies american management plan covering activities agency known office high commissioner human rights occur puts category counterterrorism alignment effort countries like iraq human rights hub also number fabulous thematic objectives include according occur information document establishment national participatory bodies reporting implementing recommendations human rights mechanisms aim widening democratic space aid undefined national human rights institutions it may also involve occur notes management plan increasing advocacy ratification human rights treaties withdrawal treaty reservations meaning exceptional nations including like federal division power make limit acceptance international case death penalty example refusal join sponsored global moratorium based fact criminal justice measures also responsibilities individual occur management plan notes addition global efforts abolish death penalty occur expects contributed moratorium application death penalty pending moratorium increased compliance relevant international human rights obligations countries iraq kenya liberia libya palestine papua new guinea somalia south sudan united states america countries asia americas the occur puts category counterterrorism alignment effort countries like iraq themes along occur view principal advocate human rights within system seem likely bring closer proximity tangled proliferation often seemingly contradictory notions international human rights law also perhaps notoriously human rights things council far enthusiastic condemning alleged human rights transgressions israel nation creates mandates occur also serves council bureaucratic obama administration reversed policies george bush join council served consecutive terms ended last month claiming victories time focusing council gay rights criticism human rights practices north korea longer council administration seems comfortable bringing human rights approach closer contact legislators lobbyists human rights activists perhaps importantly financial appropriations leaves office end next occur hub cover north america caribbean already warm advance welcome administration also seems aimed letting new outpost arrive smoothly washington political month ambassador geneva pamela hamamoto wrote tell aggressively expanding human rights body need additional legal agreement establish washington hub complete full legal privileges communities since already covered legal agreements headquarters new york occur maintains strong occur felt otherwise hamamoto said behalf administration would happy discuss alternative ways might accommodate occur specific requests on surface hub part sweeping change initiative promoted high commissioner eid ra ad al hussain aims decentralizing organization extending outreach human rights monitoring capability ostensibly improving efficiency among things concentration eight global hubs focuses happens initiative much change six hubs already exist including one panama city latin america the new ones intended washington eid initiative would mostly involve reshuffling existing personnel shipping away geneva headquarters half agency roughly staff located eid says exercise including establishment new washington venue would revenue neutral that assumption however received skeptical chief financial oversight committee called calculation preliminary recommended approving restructuring eid came back clear detailed proposal lot committee usually adopted critically general assembly fifth committee approves financial eid lobbying fifth committee energetically break tradition case part occur fact sheet observes budget advisory committee assessing cover majority remainder high commissioner term appointment eid appointed the issue came informal meaning closed discussions fifth committee earlier week questions fox news eid spokesman discussions went state department fox news issue referred mission headed ambassador samantha fox news mission discussion overall government view hub fact career clock ticking another reason eid approach hub could possibility future president enthusiastically multilateral barack obama giving urgency chance bring human rights yet another reason might reorganization could coincidentally help bring curtain sensitive political problem part change initiative announced one occur important units field operations technical cooperation division deals human rights issues country level also incorporates human rights observation peacekeeping operations disbanded geneva piece division headed anders compass senior human rights officer kicked firestorm passed unrelated human rights report alleged sexual abuse children peacekeepers central african republic french entire story fox newspolitics