Russia it happened suspended this Thursday as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council. 93 countries Of the 193 people represented at the UN General Assembly, he voted in an emergency session dedicated to the war in Ukraine. in favor This suspension is the first time a country has been removed from this body since 2011 (Libya, in a resolution that was later unanimously adopted). 24 countries voted against Deportation of the Russian Federation, including China. 58 abstained and 18 did not vote and the required two-thirds majority of the votes cast was achieved.
expulsion from Russia “Continuous and overt violations of human rights“had been recommended by United States of America came to light after the weekend brutality in Bucha and in other cities of Ukraine after the withdrawal of Russian troops from these cities. Although the adoption of the measure was considered natural, certain results of the vote were watched closely. Especially important is the decision Chinese Opposing and not abstaining, as was the case when the General Assembly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, is a more-supported condemnation, with 141 countries voting for this resolution.
Russian threats
delegation Russia Prior to the UN, he had sent a message to other diplomatic missions that Reuters had access to, threatening with consequences not only those countries that had voted in favor of the suspension but also abstained or disagreed. “A equidistant position will be considered as hostile gesture“The position taken by each country will change,” the text warned. taken into account both for the development of bilateral relations and for working on important issues within the framework of the UN,” he said.
This Thursday’s session taking place on Memorial Day To rememberThe genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda was unveiled by Ukraine’s ambassador to the UN Sergii Kislitsia and called for a vote in favor of its suspension.Pressing the button is not pulling the trigger.; “A red dot on the screen is as red as the blood of lost lives.”
Kislistia also quoted Nobel Prize winner Elie Weisel and said ” indifference This is not an answer (…). anytime friend of the enemy because benefits the attacker, never the victimThe pain grows even more when he feels forgotten.
Russia, on the other hand, denounced the proposal as “an attempt by Western countries and their allies to destroy the existing human rights architecture” and once again rejected other atrocities such as massacres of civilians and those attributed to it in Bucha. “We reject the baseless accusationsSaid one of the heads of the Russian embassy to the UN (not Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia).
location of china
China has called for and warned of an investigation into the atrocities, as it did at the Security Council this week. “baseless accusations”. While announcing that he voted against the resolution, he denounced that the decision was made quickly and without consultation. “Add fuel to the fire”, denounced a Chinese representative in front of the UN and warned that Russia’s deportation felt “something”. dangerous precedent will intensify the conflict in the field of Human Rights and impact on the government system of the UN and will produce serious consequences”.
Other countries that have voted against deportation include: Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, North Korea or Iran. Tehran representative assured that the expulsion of Russia was a move “politically motivated” The Cuban points to ‘irony’, The United States opposed the establishment of the Human Rights Council. and asked to vote against that organization, “the same one who has now activated one of the most controversial articles on this forum for convenience.”