Eritrea accused the US of not electing Russia to the UNHRC
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The United States put pressure on other states to prevent Russia from being elected to the UN Human Rights Council. The permanent representative of Eritrea to the world organization, Sofia Tesfamariam, spoke about this on Wednesday, October 11.
According to her, “there were countries that were intimidated and threatened so that they would not vote for Russia.” The pressure mainly came from the United States, Tesfamariam added.
Eritrea’s representative called it further evidence that only select states are allowed to “get into this system”, which undermines its legitimacy and weakens the United Nations.
Earlier, the Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, Maria Zabolotskaya, said that the United States had launched an unprecedented campaign to put pressure on UN members to prevent Russia from being elected to the Human Rights Council of the world organization. According to the diplomat, Washington agitated other countries cast your votes for Albania.
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