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在联合国大会以144票赞成、10票反对通过沃尔克·特尔克连任后，法国将美国与朝鲜、俄罗斯相提并论
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美国特使在连任投票期间抨击联合国人权事务高级专员沃尔克·特尔克
大使杰夫·巴托斯指责联合国人权事务高级专员谴责民主国家，却未能直面专制政权的侵权行为，称其已将联合国人权体系“引向了临终床榻”。（联合国电视台）
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法国常驻日内瓦联合国代表团在一场引发争议的投票后对美国发起口头攻击，此次投票旨在确认联合国人权事务高级专员沃尔克·特尔克再连任四年，法国指责华盛顿放弃了作为全球人权领袖的角色。
“美国曾是人权的灯塔。如今不再是了，”法国官方代表团账号周六在X平台上发文称。“如今，它与朝鲜、尼加拉瓜、马里和俄罗斯为伍，遭到孤立。世界不再倾听它的声音。”
该代表团还添加了话题标签“#美国孤军奋战”。
伊朗凭借英国、法国、加拿大、澳大利亚支持获得联合国职位，美国孤军奋战
联合国人权事务高级专员沃尔克·特尔克2022年12月9日在日内瓦联合国办事处举行新闻发布会。（法布里斯·科弗里尼/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
美国常驻联合国代表迈克·瓦尔茨予以回击，指责法国利用此次攻击转移人们对其支持特尔克的注意力。
“令人失望——尽管并不意外——法国竟然以此方式转移焦点，为其可耻的投票开脱，该投票纵容了一些最恶劣的人权侵犯者，”瓦尔茨在X平台上写道。“法国投票支持了一个一边指责美国、英国和以色列等自由主权民主国家，一边讨好世界上最残酷压迫者的人。”
在投票期间，负责联合国管理与改革的美国代表杰夫·巴托斯大使宣称，联合国人权体系“数十年来一直在丧失公信力”。
特朗普政府宣扬已削减超10亿美元联合国预算，改革举措势头渐盛
美国常驻联合国代表迈克尔·瓦尔茨2026年7月22日在雷伯恩众议院办公楼参加题为“联合国问责与改革”的众议院外交事务听证会。（CQ-Roll Call, Inc via 盖蒂图片社）
“特尔克先生已将其引向了临终床榻，”巴托斯说道。“如果你投票支持沃尔克·特尔克连任四年，那就是在给他送终。”
巴托斯指责特尔克不成比例地谴责民主国家，却未能充分回应专制政府犯下的侵权行为。
他表示，特尔克批评过美国、英国、法国、澳大利亚、意大利，以及受批评次数最多的以色列。巴托斯还指责特尔克在伊朗政府 allegedly 开始新一轮针对本国公民的暴力行为后沉默了12天，却迅速谴责美国对伊朗的军事行动。
巴托斯进一步批评特尔克的办公室呼吁华盛顿解除对古巴的制裁，维持他所谓的针对美国公司的歧视性数据库，并助长了联合国的“反以色列机制”。
以色列指控联合国将其与哈马斯恐怖分子一同列入性暴力黑名单，断绝与联合国联系
联合国人权理事会主席于尔格·劳伯、联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯和联合国人权事务高级专员沃尔克·特尔克在2025年2月24日于日内瓦举行的联合国人权理事会第58届会议开幕式上，为侵犯人权行为受害者默哀一分钟。（法布里斯·科弗里尼/法新社 via 盖蒂图片社）
法国常驻联合国大使热罗姆·博纳方在联大辩论中给出了截然不同的评价，称特尔克在首个任期内展现了“严谨与公正”，而这一时期恰逢对多边机构和人权普遍性的攻击日益增多。
“他一直是良知的声音，提醒各国正视现实及其责任，”博纳方说道。
一位熟悉美国立场的官员在背景通报中告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，美国官员对法国“厚颜无耻”的公开攻击感到意外，并驳斥了“反对某位联合国官员连任就是反对人权”的说法。
该官员表示，华盛顿和其他代表团同样对此次加速投票感到措手不及，因为特尔克的现任任期要到10月11日才结束。
美国曾寻求将审议推迟一周以进行更多磋商，但成员国否决了这一请求。随后联大以144票赞成、10票反对、13票弃权的结果通过了特尔克的连任提案，将其任期从2026年10月12日延长至2030年10月11日。
大会还否决了俄罗斯提出的将特尔克任期仅延长至2026年底的提案，该提案本可让下一任联合国秘书长参与遴选人权事务高级专员。
因指控内塔尼亚胡犯战争罪而遭停职的国际刑事法院检察官因性行为不端
法国外交部长让-诺埃尔·巴罗（右）在法国巴黎郊外瑟奈拉维尔举行的G7外长与伙伴国会议上迎接美国国务卿马可·卢比奥，2026年3月27日周五。（美联社照片/米歇尔·欧拉）（米歇尔·欧拉/美联社照片）
法国的帖子将华盛顿与反对特尔克的专制政府归为一类，但未提及这些国家是否出于同样原因投票反对其连任。美国方面表示，其反对立场既源于对特尔克执政记录的担忧，也反对此次加速投票的程序。
总部位于日内瓦的监督机构联合国观察发布了2024年的一份分析报告，涵盖了2022年10月17日至2024年10月31日期间由特尔克或其办公室主动发起的公开声明。
该组织得出结论，特尔克对美国的批评频率超过了中国、朝鲜、古巴、沙特阿拉伯和卡塔尔的总和。报告还称，在此期间，特尔克未主动批评过古巴、朝鲜、阿尔及利亚、厄立特里亚、毛里塔尼亚、黎巴嫩或卡塔尔的侵权行为。
联合国观察的统计方法排除了人权理事会要求发表的声明、法定报告中的评论、对理事会的全面更新以及其他并非由特尔克主动发起的言论。因此，其调查结果并未涵盖特尔克办公室的所有国家相关发言、报告或行动。
联合国观察执行主任希勒尔·诺伊称此次连任“仓促且史无前例”，并表示法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙政府在庆祝特尔克连任的同时攻击美国“有失体面”。
传统基金会玛格丽特·撒切尔自由中心主任奈尔·加德纳的回应更为直接。
“或许该表现出一些感激之情？”加德纳在X平台上写道。“法国作为主权国家的存在，要归功于美国。”
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唐纳德·特朗普总统计划参加在瑞士达沃斯举行的世界经济论坛，他威胁将对北约国家加征额外关税，同时致力于达成收购格陵兰岛的协议。（温·麦克纳米/盖蒂图片社）
特尔克的支持者辩称，他愿意批评强大的民主国家是其普遍适用人权标准的职责所在。法国和欧盟坚持认为，他客观地履行了职责，而秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯的行为符合允许人权高级专员连任四年的相关规定。
特尔克将成为自1993年该职位设立以来首位完成两届完整四年任期的联合国人权事务负责人。
埃弗拉特（埃菲）·拉赫特是一名调查记者、电影制片人和战争通讯员。她在40多个国家执导和制作了200多部纪录片片段。她是2022年佩雷斯和平中心和平奖获得者，同时也是2023-2024学年密歇根大学奈特-华莱士新闻奖学金得主。她拥有传播学学士学位和政治学硕士学位。
Waltz slams France after stunning social media attack on US after UN vote
July 27, 2026 11:27am EDT / Fox News
France grouped US with North Korea and Russia after the General Assembly approved Türk’s second term 144-10
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US envoy blasts UN rights chief Volker Türk during reappointment vote
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)
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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.”
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High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk delivers a press conference at the UN Offices in Geneva on December 9, 2022.(Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Mike Waltz fired back, accusing France of using the attack to distract from its support for Türk.
“It is disappointing — though not surprising — that this is how France deflects on its shameful vote to coddle some of the worst human rights abusers,” Waltz wrote on X. “France voted for someone who has been lecturing free, sovereign democracies like the United States, the UK, and Israel, while cozying up to the world’s worst oppressors.”
During the vote by Ambassador Jeff Bartos, the U.S. representative for U.N. management and reform, declared that the U.N. human rights system “has been losing credibility for decades.”
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United States Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz testifies during a House Foreign Affairs hearing titled “United Nations Accountability and Reform” in the Rayburn House Office Building on Wednesday, July 22, 2026.(CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“Mr. Türk has guided it to its deathbed,” Bartos said. “And if you vote to reappoint
Volker Türk for a four-year term, it will kick the bucket.”
Bartos accused Türk of disproportionately condemning democracies while failing to respond adequately to abuses committed by authoritarian governments.
He said Türk had criticized the United States, Britain, France, Australia, Italy and, more than any other country, Israel. Bartos also accused Türk of remaining silent for 12 days after the Iranian government allegedly began a new wave of violence against its citizens, while quickly condemning U.S. military action against Iran.
Bartos further criticized Türk’s office for calling on Washington to lift sanctions on Cuba, maintaining what he called a discriminatory database targeting American companies and enabling the U.N.’s “anti-Israel machinery.”
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UN Human Rights Council President Jurg Lauber, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk stand for a minute of silence in tribute to the victims of human rights violations, at the opening of the 58th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, on Feb. 24, 2025.(FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)
France’s U.N. Ambassador Jérôme Bonnafont offered a sharply different assessment during the General Assembly debate, saying Türk had demonstrated “rigor and impartiality” during a first term marked by growing attacks on multilateral institutions and the universality of human rights.
“He has been a voice of conscience, confronting states with reality and their responsibilities,” Bonnafont said.
An official familiar with the U.S. position told Fox News Digital on background that American officials were surprised by France’s “brazen” public attack and rejected the suggestion that opposing one U.N. official’s reappointment amounted to opposing human rights.
The official said Washington and other delegations were also caught off guard by the expedited vote because Türk’s current term does not expire until Oct. 11.
The United States sought to postpone consideration for one week to allow additional consultations, but member states rejected the request. The General Assembly then approved Türk’s reappointment by a vote of 144-10, with 13 abstentions, extending his tenure from Oct. 12, 2026, through Oct. 11, 2030.
The assembly also rejected a Russian proposal to extend Türk’s term only through the end of 2026, which would have allowed the next U.N. secretary-general to participate in selecting the human rights chief.
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France’s Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot, right, greets U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio as he arrives at the G7 Foreign Ministers’ meeting with partner countries in Cernay-la-Ville outside Paris, France, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)(Michel Euler/AP Photo)
France’s post grouped Washington with authoritarian governments that also opposed Türk, but did not address whether those countries voted against his reappointment for the same reasons. The U.S. said its opposition reflected both concerns about Türk’s record and objections to the accelerated process.
UN Watch, a Geneva-based watchdog, published a 2024 analysis of public statements initiated by Türk or his office between Oct. 17, 2022, and Oct. 31, 2024.
The organization concluded that Türk criticized the United States more frequently than China, North Korea, Cuba, Saudi Arabia and Qatar combined. It also said it found no self-initiated criticism during that period concerning abuses by Cuba, North Korea, Algeria, Eritrea, Mauritania, Lebanon or Qatar.
UN Watch’s methodology excluded statements required by the Human Rights Council, comments in mandated reports, broad updates to the council and other remarks that were not initiated at Türk’s discretion. Its findings therefore do not encompass every country reference, report or action by Türk’s office.
UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer called the renewal “rushed and unprecedented” and said it was “unseemly” for French President Emmanuel Macron’s government to attack the United States while celebrating Türk’s reappointment.
Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation, responded more bluntly.
“Perhaps show some gratitude instead?” Gardiner wrote on X. “The French owe their very existence as a sovereign nation to The United States.”
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President Donald Trump is slated to join the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, as he threatens additional tariffs on NATO nations as he works to secure a deal to acquire Greenland.(Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Türk’s supporters argue that his willingness to criticize powerful democracies is part of his responsibility to apply human rights standards universally. France and the European Union maintained that he had performed his duties objectively and that Secretary-General António Guterres acted within the rules allowing a high commissioner to serve a second four-year term.
Türk is set to become the first U.N. human rights chief to serve two complete four-year terms since the position was established in 1993.
Efrat (Effie) Lachter is an investigative journalist, filmmaker and war correspondent. She has directed and produced over 200 documentary segments across more than 40 countries. Recipient of the 2022 Peres Center for Peace Award, Lachter is also a 2023-24 Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communication and a master’s degree in political science.