Tinubu, Shettima Disgraced At UN General Assembly, As UN Human Rights Council Snubs Nigeria, Votes In Kenya, Benin, Others
Malawi topped the voting for African nations, with 182 votes, followed by Côte d’lvoire (181), Ghana (179), Burundi (168), and Nigeria (3). In Asia and the Pacific, Indonesia secured 186 votes
Tinubu, Shettima Disgraced At UN General Assembly, As UN Human Rights Council Snubs Nigeria, Votes in Kenya, Benin, Others Five African countries, including Benin, Congo DRC, Gambia, Ethiopia, and Kenya, have been voted in as new members of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
The five countries will serve for three years, starting on January 1st, 2025. The UN General Assembly elected a total of 18 members to the Human Rights Council for the 2025-2027 term, adopted a resolution on matters regarding the assessment scale for distributing the costs of the United Nations’ expenses, and concluded its debate on the high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance since September.
The incoming members were elected by a secret ballot, replacing members whose terms of office are set to expire on 31 December 2024.
Meanwhile, 25 of the 47 Council members during 2025 will be Friends of the Responsibility to Protect” – having appointed an R2P Focal Point and/or joined the Group of Friends of R2P in New York and Geneva. Other countries admitted are: Bolivia, Colombia, Cyprus, Czechia, Iceland, Marshall Islands, Mexico, North Macedonia, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Spain, Switzerland and Thailand were elected to the Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body within the UN system consisting of 47 States which is responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe.
The outgoing members included Argentina, Benin, Cameroon, Eritrea, Finland, Gambia, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Montenegro, Paraguay, Qatar, Somalia, United Arab Emirates, and the United States. All were eligible for immediate re-election except those members who Argentina, Cameroon, Eritrea have served twO Consecutive terms India, and Somalia.
The following states will continue to be members of the Council: Advertisements Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cốte d’Ivoire, Cuba, Dominican Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Malawi, Maldives, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, South Africa, Sudan and Vietnam. Details of how each country was voted Malawi topped the voting for African nations, with 182 votes, followed by Côte d’lvoire (181), Ghana (179), Burundi (168), and Nigeria (3). In Asia and the Pacific, Indonesia secured 186 votes, followed by Kuwait (183), Japan (175), and China (154).
In Eastern Europe, Bulgaria received 160 votes, followed by Albania (123), and Russia (83). Russia was seeking re-election to the Human Rights Council after it resigned from the body on 7 April 2022. Latin America and the Caribbean saw Cuba secure 146 votes, followed by Brazil (144), Dominican Republic (137) and Peru (108). This is the first time Dominican Republic is elected to the Human Rights Council. In Western Europe and others, the Netherlands received 169 votes, and France 153. The new members will join Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Eritrea, Finland, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, The HRC, its mechanisms and procedures, including the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), HRC-mandated investigative mechanisms, special procedures, and treaty bodies, as well as the technical assistance provided by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) all play an essential role in providing early warning of the risk factors that can lead to crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, war crimes and genocide, and provide recommendations to prevent their recurrence.
