{"id":1423668,"date":"2022-04-07T11:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423668"},"modified":"2022-04-07T11:59:44","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T15:59:44","slug":"un-votes-to-suspend-russia-from-human-rights-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/un-votes-to-suspend-russia-from-human-rights-council\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Votes to Suspend Russia From Human Rights Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fun-votes-to-suspend-russia-from-human-rights-council%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423668&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Ninety-three countries on Thursday voted to suspend Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council over reported atrocities in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha and other places in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters: <\/strong>Russia is the first permanent member of the UN Security Council to have its membership revoked from any UN body, per <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"AP\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-united-nations-general-assembly-voting-rights-united-nations-linda-thomas-greenfield-6b4f311e6099315aa4efc2d5772ab80e\" data-vars-content-id=\"23f5463e-2c36-495a-b673-1aeb864fa373\" data-vars-headline=\"93 countries vote to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-united-nations-general-assembly-voting-rights-united-nations-linda-thomas-greenfield-6b4f311e6099315aa4efc2d5772ab80e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AP<\/a>. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The only other sitting member of the Human Rights Council to have its membership suspended was <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"Libya in 2011\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2011\/ga11050.doc.htm\" data-vars-content-id=\"23f5463e-2c36-495a-b673-1aeb864fa373\" data-vars-headline=\"93 countries vote to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2011\/ga11050.doc.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Libya in 2011<\/a>, when forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi violently cracked down on anti-government protesters. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The big picture: <\/strong>24 countries voted with Russia against its suspension from the council, while 58 nations abstained. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A two-thirds majority was needed. Abstentions didn&#8217;t count. <\/li>\n<li>Moscow was in its second year of a three-year term on the Geneva-based Human Rights Council.<\/li>\n<li>Last month, 141 countries voted in favor of a <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"UN General Assembly resolution\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresserWatch\/status\/1499057981819867143\" data-vars-content-id=\"23f5463e-2c36-495a-b673-1aeb864fa373\" data-vars-headline=\"93 countries vote to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PresserWatch\/status\/1499057981819867143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UN General Assembly resolution<\/a> &#8220;deploring&#8221; Russia&#8217;s aggression against Ukraine and demanding the immediate and complete withdrawal of all Russian forces from Ukrainian territory.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Driving the news: <\/strong>As Ukraine&#8217;s forces <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"retook the Kyiv region\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/ukrainian-forces-retake-kyiv-region-russians-move-east-52cdab57-99d7-4872-8ac8-e617a3e90956.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"23f5463e-2c36-495a-b673-1aeb864fa373\" data-vars-headline=\"93 countries vote to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/ukrainian-forces-retake-kyiv-region-russians-move-east-52cdab57-99d7-4872-8ac8-e617a3e90956.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">retook the Kyiv region<\/a> and northern areas of the country last weekend, reports and images emerged of mass graves and <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"bodies of civilians\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/photos-russia-dead-ukrainian-civilians-bucha-ac95a4c9-3533-423c-b609-4d1e9a1f81e4.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"23f5463e-2c36-495a-b673-1aeb864fa373\" data-vars-headline=\"93 countries vote to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/photos-russia-dead-ukrainian-civilians-bucha-ac95a4c9-3533-423c-b609-4d1e9a1f81e4.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">bodies of civilians<\/a> \u2014 some with their hands tied behind their backs \u2014 strewn in the streets of the city of Bucha.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&#8220;We believe that members of the Russian forces have committed <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"war crimes\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/russia-putin-war-crimes-icc-ukraine-739a31a7-9b7e-47b0-938b-5f52cf36da3f.html\" data-vars-content-id=\"23f5463e-2c36-495a-b673-1aeb864fa373\" data-vars-headline=\"93 countries vote to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/russia-putin-war-crimes-icc-ukraine-739a31a7-9b7e-47b0-938b-5f52cf36da3f.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">war crimes <\/a>in Ukraine, and we believe Russia must be held accountable,&#8221; U.S. Ambassador to the <a class=\"gtmContentClick\" data-vars-link-text=\"UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield\" data-vars-click-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/biannagolodryga\/status\/1510941272185450501\" data-vars-content-id=\"23f5463e-2c36-495a-b673-1aeb864fa373\" data-vars-headline=\"93 countries vote to suspend Russia from UN Human Rights Council\" data-vars-event-category=\"story\" data-vars-sub-category=\"story\" data-vars-item=\"in_content_link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/biannagolodryga\/status\/1510941272185450501\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield<\/a> said Monday as she announced that the U.S. in coordination with its European allies would seek to suspend Russia from the council.<\/li>\n<li>Russia has denied it targets civilians and rejected the reports about Bucha. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Go deeper:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ninety-three countries on Thursday voted to suspend Russia from the United Nations Human Rights Council over reported atrocities in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha and other places in Ukraine. 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