{"id":27660,"date":"2022-10-12T15:15:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T15:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/un-general-assembly-elects-14-new-members-to-human-rights-council"},"modified":"2022-10-12T15:32:10","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T15:32:10","slug":"un-general-assembly-elects-14-new-members-to-human-rights-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/un-general-assembly-elects-14-new-members-to-human-rights-council","title":{"rendered":"UN General Assembly elects 14 new members to Human Rights Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>UN General Assembly voted Tuesday to elect 14 countries to the 47-member Human Rights Council, including nations with poor rights records such as Sudan.<\/p>\n

The 193-member assembly in New York elected Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Maldives, Morocco, Romania, South Africa, Sudan, and Vietnam to serve for a period of three years at the Geneva based-council, starting in January 2023.<\/p>\n

Venezuela and Afghanistan, the candidates with poor human rights records, were not elected.<\/p>\n

“The General Assembly rightly closed the door on Venezuela\u2019s attempt to remain on the UN Human Rights Council,” said Louis Charbonneau, UN director for Human Rights Watch.<\/p>\n

“UN investigators have found evidence that (Venezuela President Nikolas) Maduro and other officials may have been responsible for crimes against humanity against their own people. A government facing these kinds of allegations has no business sitting on the UN\u2019s top rights body,” Charbonneau said.<\/p>\n

“Electing abusive governments like Vietnam to the council only undermines its credibility,” he added.<\/p>\n

Created in 2006, the 47-nation UN rights body is tasked with promoting and protecting human rights.<\/p>\n

However, it has long faced criticism for having rights abusers as members.<\/p>\n

Russia, a former member of the rights body, was suspended from the Human Rights Council after its invasion of Ukraine in February.<\/p>\n

Decisions of the Human Rights Council are not legally binding but carry political weight.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Mozambique<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. UN General Assembly voted Tuesday to elect 14 countries to the 47-member Human Rights Council, including nations with poor rights records such as Sudan. 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