Rome, April 7, 2022 A slap a Wladimir Putinput on the same level as Gaddafi. L’U.N the exclusion of Russia by the Human Rights Council of the United Nations. “A historic vote,” said US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda ThomasGreenfield. Who says they’re convinced of how the images of the Bucha massacre influenced today’s consultation? Similar treatment was reserved for Rais Libya 11 years ago. In an interview with Corriere a few weeks ago, Bulgarian political scientist Ivan Krastev revealed an obsession with the tsar. Putin, argues Krastev, would “spend hours and hours watching and reliving the last minutes of Gaddafi’s life.” Hidden in an underground sewer in Sirte, the Libyan dictator was found by rebel militias and virtually lynched. Its end would be the nightmare of the Russian President.
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to propose the resolution United States which received 93 yes votes and 24 no votes. The measure was also vigorously supported by Italy. Who voted no? China, of that there was little doubt, but also Brazil, Egypt, Mexico, Iran and South Africa. 58 abstained. including India. The outcome of the vote satisfied Ukraine’s Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya, who asked for a “good number” and put pressure on the UN, which he saw as a “duty”. Moscow’s response was immediate and taken for granted, which the resolution immediately defined as “an attempt by the United States to maintain its supremacy and total control” and “use of human rights colonialism in international relations.”
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What was less certain was the suspension, which came after days of diplomatic television, with Latvia at the forefront getting the expulsion. Riga feels threatened too close to the border with Russia and regards the presence of a country accused of war crimes in the Council as a “farce”. It took days and news of massacres in Ukraine, civilians tortured and women raped to unlock the resolution.
Only one country had been kicked out of the Human Rights Council. It was March 2011, and the General Assembly had decided to exclude Libya. The trigger was the violent action with which Gaddafi had put down an antigovernment demonstration. A repression from which even the Libyan representations in New York and Geneva, where the Council is based, had distanced themselves. A completely different circumstance than the current one, when Russia repeatedly and vigorously denies what is happening in Ukraine, including Bucha. For the Kremlin, the news about the massacres is “falsified”, the statements of the victims’ families “guided”.
Again, Moscow tried to avoid the diplomatic slap in the face by threatening anyone who supported the resolution. But it wasn’t enough. Russia will go down in history with this vote. On the wrong side. In fact, it had never happened that one of the five permanent members lost affiliation with the human rights organization. And the consequences will not only be symbolic. From now on, Moscow can no longer propose resolutions and amendments on international situations in which it is not directly involved. The suspension will last at least until the end of 2023, when the terms of Russia’s accession to the Council expire.