UN Suspends Russia From Human Rights Panel as Dozens Abstain
- Ukraine’s envoy says voting no is like ‘pulling a trigger’
- Mexico, Thailand, India among nations seeking a probe instead
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The United Nations General Assembly voted to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over its conduct in Ukraine, although dozens of nations abstained despite the Ukrainian ambassador’s pleadings to defend “the innocent lives lost” in the two-month war.
The rare move Thursday to suspend Russia was backed by 93 nations and opposed by 24. It’s the first time such an action was backed at the UN since Libya was suspended during the final months of Moammar Qaddafi’s rein in 2011.