The UN did not elect Russia to the Human Rights Council

Russia did not get enough votes during the elections to the General Assembly of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for 2024-2026, reported In the organisation

During the voting, Russia received 83 votes out of 97 required. Three countries competed for two seats in the UNHRC from the group of Eastern European countries. As a result of the voting, Albania (123 votes) and Bulgaria (160 votes) entered the council.

In total, as a result of the voting, 15 new countries were included in the HRC – Burundi, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Malawi, China, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Albania, Bulgaria, Brazil, Cuba, France and the Netherlands and, for the first time, the Dominican Republic. They will serve on the council for three years from 2024. In total, the HRC includes 47 countries. In addition to Russia, Peru failed to get a seat on the council.

In April 2022, the UN General Assembly suspended Russia’s membership in the HRC at the initiative of the United States within the framework of a special session on Ukraine. This decision was supported by 93 countries, 24 were against it, and 58 abstained. Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Gennady Kuzmin then noted that Russia views the resolution as a politically motivated step. He added that Moscow “decided to early terminate its powers as a member of the UN Human Rights Council from April 7, 2022.”