The UN General Assembly excludes russia from participating in Human Rights Council because of the war in Ukraine
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At an extraordinary special session on Thursday, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on the temporary deprivation of russia's rights in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) due to the war in Ukraine.
According to Ukrinform in New York, 93 countries voted for this decision, 24 voted against and 58 abstained.
Russia, Belarus, China, Congo, Cuba, North Korea, Eritrea, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Syria, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and Zimbabwe voted against it.
A decision requires two-thirds of the votes of the members of the General Assembly.
The resolution was prepared by about two dozen UN member states and co-sponsored by about 50 states.
The resolution stipulates that the Russian Federation will not be able to vote and make proposals on its own behalf on draft decisions within the Council until the end of its membership in the UNHRC.
Earlier, the United States and a number of other democracies advocated depriving russia of its rights to the UNHRC.
