Venezuela was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday wit...
UNITED NATIONS - Venezuela was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Thursday with 105 votes and a round of applause, despite fierce lobbying against it by the United States and rights groups, and the late entry of Costa Rica as competition.
Along with Brazil, the three countries were competing for two seats on the 47-member Human Rights Council starting Jan. 1. Brazil was re-elected for a second three-year term with 153 votes. Members can only serve two consecutive terms. “It’s simply unconscionable that massive human rights violators like the former Maduro regime in Venezuela are allowed to play a role on the . I won’t stand for it, and neither should the U.N.,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft said on Twitter after the vote.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence called on the United Nations in April to revoke the U.N. credentials of Maduro’s government, but Washington has taken no further action to push the measure and diplomats said it is unlikely to get the support needed in the General Assembly. The council agreed last month to set up an international fact-finding mission to document violations in Venezuela, including torture and thousands of summary executions.
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