According to the debate, they had their reasons. But still -- when one hundred and eighty six nations say one thing, and two say another, you have to wonder about the two.
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I was about to say this smells like disinformation. Cherry picking a more nuanced issue? Unfair portrayal since the USA may face the most significant consequences? Maybe. But ultimately, it still seems to boil down to shareholder primacy and US agricultural lobbies (my interpretation). That’s heartbreaking and everything that is wrong with the world currently.
https://politics.stackexchange.com/questions/86770/why-did-the-us-and-israel-vote-against-making-food-a-human-right
https://geneva.usmission.gov/2017/03/24/u-s-explanation-of-vote-on-the-right-to-food/