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Russia has been expelled from the UN Human Rights Council for its genocide in Ukraine. A whopping 93 countries voted in favor of the eviction. This makes Russia the second country to be expelled from the UN Human Rights Council, after Libya.
Correspondent Hong Hee-jung.
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93 votes were in favor of a resolution to suspend Russia’s membership in the UN Human Rights Council.
24 against and 58 abstentions.
Russia’s status as a member of the Human Rights Council was disqualified as more than two-thirds of the UN member states, excluding countries that did not attend or abstain from voting, supported the resolution.
Libya, which suppressed anti-government protesters in 2011, is the only country that has so far been suspended as a member of the UN Human Rights Council.
[올로프 스코그/유엔 주재 유럽연합 대사 : 오늘 이 총회에서 내린 드문 결정이 더욱 강한 책임을 묻고 더 많은 인권 침해를 예방하고 억제하는데 도움이 되길 바랍니다.]
Prior to the vote, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations appealed for the resolution, saying Russia is a country that shakes the foundations of international peace and the Security Council.
[세르게이 끼슬리쨔/유엔 주재 우크라이나 대사 : ‘아니오’를 누르면 방아쇠를 당기는 것을 의미하며 이는 화면의 빨간점을 의미합니다. 무고한 생명의 핏빛을 잃은 빨간색입니다.]
North Korea, China and Iran voted against.
Prior to the vote, North Korea said it was concerned that some countries would continue to pursue confrontation and distrust among member states.
In fact, it is aimed at the United States.
[김성/유엔 주재 북한대사 : 우리는 객관성과 공정성, 투명성이 부족한 정치적 책략을 거부합니다.]
China also surrounded Russia.
[장준/유엔 주재 중국대사 : 이러한 성급한 움직임은 회원국 간의 분열을 심화시키고 당사자 간의 대립을 심화시킬 것입니다.]
Shortly after the resolution was adopted, Russia immediately declared its withdrawal, saying it was an illegal and strategic measure.
However, some pointed out that the total number of negative votes, abstentions, and countries that did not participate in the vote in this vote is more than half of the 193 UN member states.
