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Russia faces tough fight to regain seat in top UN body
Updated On: 11 October, 2023 08:21 AM IST | United Nations | Agencies
The 193-member assembly will be electing 15 members to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, with candidates put forward by the UN’s five regional groups.
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The UN Security Council meeting where the war in Ukraine and recent attacks by Russia were discussed. Pic/AP
Russia faces a tough fight to regain a seat in the UN’s premiere human rights body in Tuesday’s election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.
The 193-member assembly will be electing 15 members to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, with candidates put forward by the UN’s five regional groups. Russia is competing against Albania and Bulgaria for two seats allotted to the East European regional group, and Moscow’s UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, accused the US on Monday of leading a campaign to prevent their return to the council.
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