Pompeo: 'No country should vote Cuba onto' UN Human Rights Council

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says it is "outrageous"  that the United Nations Human Rights Council would offer a seat to Cuba, urging other nations to reject efforts to place Havana on the panel.

"No country should vote Cuba onto the council," Pompeo declared in a tweet Wednesday.

Cuba has previously served on the council, according to AFP. 

The United States in 2018 announced that it would withdraw from the UNHRC.

"In doing so, I want to make it crystal clear that this step is not a retreat from human rights commitments. On the contrary, we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights," then-U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said.