The United Nations General Assembly voted on Thursday to approve a U.S.-led campaign to suspend Russia from the world organization's leading human rights body over its unprovoked attack on Ukraine.
Suspension from the 47-member Human Rights Council needed a two-thirds majority and was seen as a strong diplomatic rebuke of Russia and its alleged atrocities in Ukraine, specifically in Bucha, where hundreds of civilians were butchered, burned, and killed over the weekend.
China, Mexico, Brazil, Egypt, Iran, and South Africa were among the nations that voted against stripping Moscow of its membership, with China calling the resolution too"politicized" and"hasty." Russian Deputy Ambassador Gennady Kuzmin urged nations to vote"no" and called the effort to remove his country"an attempt by the United States to maintain its dominant position and total control."
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