Russia is voted out of the UNHRC

Liked this. …modi, (Not India., She has a Strong Soul), is one of the frightened parties.

The Confluence

The UN general assembly met today and voted Russia out of the UNHRC due to its invasion of Ukraine and alleged war crimes that were discovered in Bucha. From Reuters:

The U.S.-led push garnered 93 votes in favor, while 24 countries voted no and 58 countries abstained. A two-thirds majority of voting members – abstentions do not count – was needed to suspend Russia from the 47-member council.

Russia is muttering it would have gotten away with it if it weren’t for those meddling Americans

Other reports, which I don’t have time to link to right now (lunch is over, gotta walk from the cafeteria up the stairs to my office), say that Russia threatened many countries who it currently has partnerships with. That might account for the high number of abstentions. We need to get a list.

Anyway, Russia is out of the UNHRC after serving only a…

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