UN rights body makes Fijian ambassador president in secret ballot

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A stand-off, with China, Russia and S. Arabia opposing, blocked the usual consensus decision. FMTNews

GENEVA: The UN Human Rights Council elected Fiji’s ambassador as its president in 2021, following an unprecedented secret ballot after a diplomatic stand-off blocked the usual consensus decision.

She was running against two other candidates from the UN’s Asia-Pacific regional group of countries: Bahrain’s ambassador Yusuf Abdulkarim Bucheeri and his counterpart from Uzbekistan, Ulugbek Lapasov. This year, though, the Asia-Pacific group due to take the helm failed to agree on a candidate – or even on holding a vote within their group.

 

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