The 193-member assembly will be electing 15 members to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, with candidates put forward by the UN’s five regional groups.
The UN Security Council meeting where the war in Ukraine and recent attacks by Russia were discussed. Pic/AP
Russia faces a tough fight to regain a seat in the UN’s premiere human rights body in Tuesday’s election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.
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The 193-member assembly will be electing 15 members to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, with candidates put forward by the UN’s five regional groups. Russia is competing against Albania and Bulgaria for two seats allotted to the East European regional group, and Moscow’s UN ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, accused the US on Monday of leading a campaign to prevent their return to the council.
The US and others have sent letters to many of the 193 members of the General Assembly urging a vote against Russia, according to diplomats. US deputy ambassador Robert Wood told the Security Council that Russia’s re-election to the Human Rights Council “while it openly continues to commit war crimes and other atrocities would be an ugly stain that would undermine the credibility of the institution and the United Nations”.
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