Russia, contesting elections to four U.N. committees, loses all
The Hindu
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Russia, contesting elections to four U.N. committees, lost all of them, including one to Ukraine, a verdict being seen as Moscow’s isolation on the global stage.
Elections were held in the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Wednesday to fill various vacancies in subsidiary and related bodies.
Russia was contesting elections to the Committee on Non-Governmental Organisations, U.N. Women Executive Board, UNICEF Executive Board and Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.
“Russia competed in four elections to at U.N. committees today. It lost in all of them. The UN membership is isolating Russia and stands with Ukraine,” the United Kingdom Mission to the U.N. tweeted.
The European Union Delegation at the United Nations in New York said that results of today's ECOSOC elections show that Russia’s aggression has disqualified them from serving in key bodies of the U.N.
“We congratulate those newly elected members of the ECOSOC subsidiary bodies who commit to the values of the U.N.,” it said.
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