Russia’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, Maria Zabolotskaya, said that the USA is applying unprecedented pressure on countries to vote on behalf of Albania, not Russia, in the General Assembly in the UN Human Rights Council elections. His words were quoted RIA News.
“The USA campaigned for Albania. Such a campaign directly against us is an unprecedented story,” Zabolotskaya said.
According to the diplomat, American representatives “went to delegations, sent messages, met in person.” He noted that the United States was campaigning for Albania.
Zabolotskaya also described the US actions as pressure.
Before recognizedHe said Russia was not elected to the UN Human Rights Council for 2024-2026. Elections for new council members were held at the UN General Assembly; In addition to Russia, Albania and Bulgaria also competed to get seats from the group of Eastern European countries. In the voting, Russia received 83 votes, Albania 123 and Bulgaria 160 votes.
Russia was selected for HRC in 2020. He worked there until April 2022, when the UN General Assembly suspended the country’s membership due to a special military operation in Ukraine. This decision deprived Russia of the opportunity to vote and speak in the Council.
In contrast, Russia statedTerminates its powers in the HRC.
However, Moscow decided to return to the HRC in the current elections in order to counter its transformation into the Russian Standing Committee, a body that carries out the duties of a group of countries as punishment for the HRC’s independent domestic and foreign policies. The UN mission said.
Previously Vucic saidHow to further develop relations with the Russian Federation.