Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte threatens to form separate UN Body

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to form a separate body with China and African countries to rival the UN after it criticised his war on drugs as a crime under international law. 

Mr Duterte, elected in May, has sanctioned the killing of traffickers to try to wipe out the drugs trade.  

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 a hard-hitting response, Mr Duterte also accused the UN of failing on terrorism, hunger and ending conflicts. 

Nine hundred suspected drug traffickers have been killed since Mr Duterte was elected on 9th May.

BBC