India, July 28 -- The US delegation on Monday exited a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting in response to remarks made by France, which likened Washington's voting behavior on human rights to that of authoritarian regimes.

This diplomatic dispute began the previous week when the US voted alongside North Korea and Russia against the extension of Volker Turk's tenure as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Following the vote on Friday, France's mission to the United Nations condemned the United States, drawing a comparison to North Korea and Russia.

"The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore," it stated on X.

In his response, US ambassador Mike Waltz charged France with supporting a human rights chief who had been "lectur...