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On 7 April 2022, the UN General Assembly, which required a two-thirds majority, adopted the resolution with 93 votes in favour and 24 countries voting against. [ 1 ] 58 countries abstained. With Russia's membership valid through 2023, [ 13 ] the Russian delegation announced it had quit the Human Rights Council earlier that day in expectation of ...
The vote came just days before the U.S. election with the Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and Republican contender Donald Trump signaling little interest in changing policy.
The council vote will be followed by a resolution voted on quickly in the 193-member U.N. General Assembly where there are no vetoes. UN Council to vote to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...
The United States joined Russia to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s war against Ukraine Monday in a stunning shift from years of US policy.. The vote against the ...
Prior to the vote on the resolution, Russia called for the measure to be voted on by secret ballot, arguing that countries would have difficulties representing certain positions in public. Russia's proposal was rejected by the General Assembly with 107 votes in favour of a public vote, 13 against and 39 abstaining. [ 10 ]
President Jair Bolsonaro declined to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while departing from his government's official stance at the United Nations to say Brazil would remain neutral. [286] Brazil supported a resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine at a United Nations Security Council meeting on 25 February. [287]
GENEVA (Reuters) -Russia failed in its bid to return to the United Nations' top human rights body on Tuesday, with rivals winning considerably more votes at the General Assembly in an election ...
A plenary meeting of the eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly opened on 28 February 2022 at the United Nations headquarters. [1] Called by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2623 , adopted on February 27, it addresses the Russian invasion of Ukraine .