Saudi Arabia fails to join UN human rights council but Russia and China elected
The only contested region of the UN human rights council in the 2020 elections was the Asia-Pacific, where China and Saudi Arabia were in a five-way race with Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Nepal for four seats.
Each nation state sitting on the council is charged with promoting and protecting human rights.
China stands accused of sending hundreds of thousands of Uighur Muslims into state re-education camps in Xinjiang province.
The UK shadow foreign secretary, Lisa Nandy, pressed the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, to publicly state that the UK would not be supporting China. He declined to do so as the normal practice of UK is not to reveal how they had voted.
Source: the Guardian #Oct13
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/13/saudi-arabia-fails-to-join-un-human-rights-council-but-russia-and-china-elected
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The only contested region of the UN human rights council in the 2020 elections was the Asia-Pacific, where China and Saudi Arabia were in a five-way race with Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Nepal for four seats.
Each nation state sitting on the council is charged with promoting and protecting human rights.
China stands accused of sending hundreds of thousands of Uighur Muslims into state re-education camps in Xinjiang province.
The UK shadow foreign secretary, Lisa Nandy, pressed the foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, to publicly state that the UK would not be supporting China. He declined to do so as the normal practice of UK is not to reveal how they had voted.
Source: the Guardian #Oct13
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/13/saudi-arabia-fails-to-join-un-human-rights-council-but-russia-and-china-elected
#Uyghur #UN #China #HumanRights #Russia #SaudiArabia
China, Russia, Cuba and others elected to the UN Human Rights Council; China received 20% fewer votes than last time
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) re-elected some of its members. China, Russia, Pakistan and Cuba were elected, with China receiving 20% fewer votes than the 2016 election. Saudi Arabia was not elected.
The UNHRC is composed of 47 member states, with 15 seats re-elected from 5 regions for a three-year term starting January 2021. All regions except the Asia-Pacific region elected their members unopposed, examples being Russia and Cuba.
In the Asia-Pacific region, five nations competed for four spots, which were won by China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Nepal. China received 139 votes, 20% less than when it was elected in 2016. Pakistan gained 169 votes, Uzbekistan 169, Nepal 150. Saudi Arabia, which had 152 votes in 2016, lost with only 90 votes this time.
Source: StandNews #Oct14
#China #UN #UNHRC #Russia #Cuba #Pakistan #Uzbekistan #Nepal #SaudiArabia
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/中俄古巴等當選聯合國人權理事會成員-中國得票比上屆少兩成/
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) re-elected some of its members. China, Russia, Pakistan and Cuba were elected, with China receiving 20% fewer votes than the 2016 election. Saudi Arabia was not elected.
The UNHRC is composed of 47 member states, with 15 seats re-elected from 5 regions for a three-year term starting January 2021. All regions except the Asia-Pacific region elected their members unopposed, examples being Russia and Cuba.
In the Asia-Pacific region, five nations competed for four spots, which were won by China, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and Nepal. China received 139 votes, 20% less than when it was elected in 2016. Pakistan gained 169 votes, Uzbekistan 169, Nepal 150. Saudi Arabia, which had 152 votes in 2016, lost with only 90 votes this time.
Source: StandNews #Oct14
#China #UN #UNHRC #Russia #Cuba #Pakistan #Uzbekistan #Nepal #SaudiArabia
https://www.thestandnews.com/international/中俄古巴等當選聯合國人權理事會成員-中國得票比上屆少兩成/