Stock Image Pixabay
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday calling for Russia to be suspended from the Human Rights Council.
The resolution received a two-thirds majority.
Out of the 193 members in the Assembly only 24 countries, voted against it.
These countries include Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea, Iran Syria, and Vietnam.
The UN says 58 countries, including South Africa, abstained from the voting process.
Others abstaining included India, Brazil, Mexico, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia.
The meeting marked the resumption of a special emergency session on the war in Ukraine and followed reports of violations committed by Russian forces.
This past weekend, disturbing photos emerged from the city of Bucha, a suburb of the capital, Kyiv, where hundreds of civilian bodies were found in the streets and in mass graves following Russia’s withdrawal from the area.
This is not the first time that a Member State has had its membership in the Human Rights Council suspended.
Libya lost its seat in 2011, following repression of protests by ruler Muammar Gaddafi, who was later overthrown.
