UN to vote on suspending Russia from Human Rights Council on Thursday
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A two-thirds majority of voting General Assembly members in New York can suspend a country for committing gross and systematic violations of human rights. Russia is in the second year of a three-year term on the 47-member Human Rights Council.
UNITED NATIONS: The 193-member UN General Assembly will vote on Thursday on a U.S. push to suspend Russia from the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council, diplomats said.
A two-thirds majority of voting General Assembly members in New York can suspend a country for committing gross and systematic violations of human rights. Russia is in the second year of a three-year term on the 47-member Human Rights Council.
As per reports, the vote is "confirmed for 10:00 am," Paulina Kubiak, a spokeswoman for the presidency said Wednesday.
The United Nations General Assembly on demand from the US and the UK, announced Wednesday that the committee on Thursday, 7 April, will vote to decide whether Russia will stay in the Human Rights Council, AFP reported.
As per reports, the vote is "confirmed for 10:00 am," Paulina Kubiak, a spokeswoman for the presidency said Wednesday. "We cannot let a member state that is subverting every principle we hold dear to continue to participate in the council," US ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in a tweet.
