U.S. Requests Russia’s Suspension From Human Right Council
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield is seeking suspension of the Russian Federation from the Human Rights Council over Ukraine’s accusation that invading troops massacred civilians in the town of Bucha. NEWSDIARY reports.
According to NEWSDIARY, Thomas-Greenfield who made the call while addressing UN Security Council on Tuesday in New York said Russia had been using its membership as a platform for its propaganda. Information Guide Nigeria
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The Human Rights Council is a body at the UN charged with promoting and protecting human rights globally.
Two-thirds of the 193 members of the UN will need to vote in favor of suspending Russia from the council for committing human rights abuses in order for the U.S. push to be successful.
The UN Correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Thomas-Greenfield made the move after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky briefed the Council on the killings of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. jamb results
Based on available information, she said the US has assessed that the Russian forces committed war crimes in Ukraine.
The envoy said that behind the images of bombed-out buildings, many people had “stuffed their lives into backpacks” and left the only home they had ever known.
She gave her own account of the refugee crisis in parts of Europe, having returned on April 4 from the Republic of Moldova and Romania.
