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United Nations suspends Russia from human rights body
ABC (Australia) News 8/4/2022
The United Nations General Assembly has suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" by invading Russian troops in Ukraine.
The US-led push garnered 93 votes in favour, while 24 countries voted no and 58 countries abstained.
A two-thirds majority of voting members in the 193-member General Assembly in New York — abstentions do not count — was needed to suspend Russia from the 47-member Geneva-based Human Rights Council....
...The resolution adopted on Thursday expresses "grave concern at the ongoing human rights and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine", particularly at reports of rights abuses by Russia.
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