Duterte threatens to quit U.N. after drugs war censure

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to “separate” from the UN after it criticised his war on drugs as a crime under international law. Mr Duterte said he might ask China and African nations to form another body. He also accused the UN of failing on terrorism, hunger and ending conflicts. Mr Duterte, elected in […]

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to “separate” from the UN after it criticised his war on drugs as a crime under international law.
Mr Duterte said he might ask China and African nations to form another body. He also accused the UN of failing on terrorism, hunger and ending conflicts.
Mr Duterte, elected in May, has sanctioned the killing of traffickers to try to wipe out the drugs trade.
The UN has repeatedly condemned the drive as a violation of human rights. Some 900 suspected drug traffickers have been killed since Mr Duterte was elected on 9 May.
Last week, two UN human rights experts said Mr Duterte’s directive for police and the public to kill suspected drug traffickers amounted to “incitement to violence and killing, a crime under international law”.
In an expletives-laden tirade against the UN on Sunday, Mr Duterte branded the experts “stupid”, saying they should count the number of innocent lives lost to drugs.