At the United Nations in New York, Russia has lost its bid to regain a seat on the Human Rights Council, the UN rights body which is made of 47 members. The members are allocated by region, and each large regional group usually pre-selects its own candidates, which the General Assembly then typically approves.
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Vladimir Putin
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Maria Lvova-Belova
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Member states of the United NationsThe UN’s 47-member Geneva-based Human Rights Council (HRC) has had a longstanding notoriety for having several so-called..
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..