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Wow but they got 83 votes? I wonder if it was all from countries that they supply grain or energy to?
That's a lot of votes.
Russia has a lot of credibility with countries that hate the West. Enemy of my enemy and so on.
I can't think of a country that belongs there
How about the bottom 65 (;)) countries from this list: https://www.theglobaleconomy.com/rankings/human_rights_rule_law_index/
USA creeping up on Mongolia 🤙
I prefer that idea. It should be an honor.
…how exactly is any country higher than North Korea? Aren’t they basically all slaves?
Every country willing to put in the work belongs there.
Everyone is flawed, country's included. We can keep each other in check, just like in any social dynamic. Those who willingly and purposefully break the rules though, there is a special place for those.
And it's not on that table.
Well said.
Ireland
You guys fine and/or jail people up to 12 months for smoking weed my guy
What? We can't even get decent sentences for lads with hundreds of convictions this is either an outlier or there are other circumstances.
Also hardly a human rights violation worthy of comparison to the current members of the HR Council.
Switzerland? Iceland? Norway? Sweden?
Costa Rica? They don't even have a military.
I’ll nominate NZ, they’re not perfect but one of the best you can get.
Lesotho
Bhutan?
I looked it up. They treat a minority group pretty horribly.
Which one?
The ethnic Tibetan. They're effectively not allowed to own property. It also sounds like there's a cultural genocide going on
Oh. What party poopers.
The world still makes some sense. 83/193 is still disturbingly high.
The optimist in me thinks those 83 want them to have a seat so they can keep conversation open and help them be more self aware on what they are doing
That's hilarious.
Didn't Russia quit that seat themselves in 2022?
https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/04/1115782
They were suspended by vote, then AFTER the vote results they said they had actually already quit. It was elementary school playground levels of "nuh uh" and within a year they tried to come back.
And somehow it worked, apparently
Losers
This is the best summary I could come up with:
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia was defeated in its bid to regain a seat in the U.N.’s premiere human rights body by a significant majority in Tuesday’s election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.
Russia was competing against Albania and Bulgaria for two seats on the Geneva-based Human Rights Council representing the East European regional group.
The only other competitive race was in the Latin America and Caribbean group where Cuba, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic defeated Peru for three seats.
Moscow’s U.N. ambassador, Vassily Nebenzia, accused the United States on Monday of leading a campaign to prevent their return to the council.
Felice Gaer, director of the American Jewish Committee’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights, was among the non-government letter-writers also urging Russia’s defeat.
In last year’s election, Venezuela, South Korea and Afghanistan lost contested races, but countries including Vietnam and Sudan, which have been accused of having abysmal human rights records, won seats.
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LOL
Israel should also get out
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