“We cannot let a member state that is undermining all the principles that are important to us participate in the UN Human Rights Council,” tweeted Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
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The United States will try to obtain the “suspension” of Russia from the UN Human Rights Council, in particular in response “to the images of Boutcha”Ukrainian city where the corpses of many civilians were found, announced Monday, April 4 the American ambassador to the United Nations.
“We cannot allow a member state that is undermining all the principles that are important to us to participate in the UN Human Rights Council”, tweeted Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield.
“Russia cannot be allowed to use its seat on the Council as a propaganda tool to suggest that it has a legitimate concern about human rights.”
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US Ambassador to the United Nationsin a tweet
She addressed the 140 countries that have “already voted to condemn” the Russian invasion of Ukraine: “The images of Boucha and the devastation across Ukraine now compel us to walk the talk.”