Under Thursday's resolution to suspend Russia from the UN human rights council, the general assembly could have later agreed to end the suspension, but that cannot happen now Russia has announced its withdrawal.
The UN general assembly has voted to suspend Russia from its leading human rights body over allegations of horrific rights violations by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, which the US and Ukraine say are tantamount to war crimes.
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