UN General Assembly to vote Thursday on suspending Russia from human rights council – National
The 193-member UN Normal Meeting will vote on Thursday on a U.S. push to droop Russia from the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), diplomats stated.
A two-thirds majority of voting Normal Meeting members in New York can droop a rustic for committing gross and systematic violations of human rights. Russia is in its second yr of a three-year time period on the 47-member Human Rights Council.
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The US is main the push to droop Russia from the council following the obvious discovery of murdered civilians in Kyiv’s suburbs over the weekend.
Ukrainian forces discovered our bodies scattered within the streets of Bucha, a suburb of Kviv. Some had been discovered with proof indicating they’d been killed at shut vary.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russian troops of committing “probably the most horrible struggle crimes” because the Second World Warfare when he addressed the UN Safety Council on Tuesday. Russia has rejected the accusations.
Canada joined its allies calling for Russia to be suspended from the UNHRC over the struggle in Ukraine.
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International Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly stated on Tuesday that Russia shouldn’t sit on the council as a consequence of “struggle crimes” it’s reportedly dedicated since invading Ukraine on Feb. 24.
“With ongoing experiences of heinous acts of violence and struggle crimes by the hands of Russian forces, Russia’s utter disregard for human rights couldn’t be any clearer,” Joly stated on Twitter.
“Russia has no place on the UNHRC.”
— with information from World Information.
