Waltz slams France after stunning social media attack on US after UN vote

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Ambassador Jeff Bartos accused the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights of condemning democracies while failing to confront abuses by authoritarian regimes, declaring that he had guided the U.N. human rights system "to its deathbed." (UNTV) France’s mission to the United Nations in Geneva launched a verbal attack against the U.S. following a contentious vote to give U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk another four-year term, accusing Washington of abandoning its role as a global human rights leader. "The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore," the official French mission account posted on X Saturday. "Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it." The mission added the hashtag "#AmericaAlone." IRAN SECURES UN ROLE WITH BACKING FROM UK, FRANCE, CANADA