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UN General Assembly votes to suspend the rights of the membership of the Russian Federation in the Human Rights Council during an Emergency Special Session on Ukraine.
7 April 2022 UN Affairs
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday calling for Russia to be suspended from the Human Rights Council.
The resolution received a two-thirds majority of those voting, minus abstentions, in the 193-member Assembly, with 93 nations voting in favour and 24 against.
该决议在 193 个成员的大会中获得了三分之二的多数票(减去弃权票),其中 93 个国家投了赞成票,24 个国家投了反对票。
Fifty-eight abstained from the process.五十八人弃权。
The meeting marked the resumption of a special emergency session on the war in Ukraine and followed reports of violations committed by Russian forces.
这次会议标志着关于乌克兰战争的特别紧急会议的恢复,并随后报道了俄罗斯军队犯下的违法行为
This past weekend, disturbing photos emerged from the city of Bucha, a suburb of the capital, Kyiv, where hundreds of civilian bodies were found in the streets and in mass graves following Russia’s withdrawal from the area.
上周末,在首都基辅郊区布查市出现了令人不安的照片,在俄罗斯撤出该地区后,数百名平民尸体在街头和乱葬坑中被发现。
Prior to the vote, Ukrainian Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya urged countries to support the resolution.
投票前,乌克兰大使谢尔盖·基斯利齐亚敦促各国支持该决议。
“Bucha and dozens of other Ukrainian cities and villages, where thousands of peaceful residents have been killed, tortured, raped, abducted and robbed by the Russian Army, serve as an example of how dramatically far the Russian Federation has gone from its initial declarations in the human rights domain. That is why this case is unique and today’s response is obvious and self-explanatory,” he said.
“布查和其他几十个乌克兰城市和村庄,成千上万的和平居民被俄罗斯军队杀害、折磨、强奸、绑架和抢劫,这是俄罗斯联邦从最初的声明中走了多远的一个例子。人权领域。这就是为什么这个案例是独一无二的,今天的反应是显而易见的,不言自明的,”他说。
Gennady Kuzmin, Deputy Russian ambassador, called for countries to “vote against the attempt by western countries and their allies to destroy the existing human rights architecture.”
俄罗斯副大使根纳季·库兹明呼吁各国“投票反对西方国家及其盟友破坏现有人权架构的企图”。
【最新消息】在纽约召开的联合国大会刚刚投票决定,暂停俄罗斯在联合国人权理事会的席位。
投票前,乌克兰常驻联合国代表指责俄罗斯实施了“恐怖的”的虐待行为。俄罗斯代表谴责了该投票,包括朝鲜和叙利亚对俄罗斯表示支持。