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New members of the UN Human Rights
Council elected
UNITED NATIONS. – The General Assembly of the United
Nations elected new members of the Human Right
Council this Tuesday, October 15, among whom
Bolivia, El Salvador and Paraguay are representing
Latin America and the Caribbean.
 The
main body of the UN – the plenary of 193 states –
elected in a secret ballot the countries which
beginning in January will sit for three years on the
Council, created in 2006 to replace the Human Rights
Commission, which was criticized for its double
standards and selective attacks on the South.
Joining Bolivia, El Salvador and Paraguay on the
body responsible for
promoting human rights
in the
world are Albania, Bangladesh, Botswana,
Qatar, Congo, Ghana, India, Indonesia,
Latvia, the Netherlands,
Nigeria and
Portugal.
This
year Austria,
Italy,
Chile, Peru,
Romania, Czech Republic,
Kuwait, the Philippines, Benin, Burkina
Faso,
Costa Rica,
Botswana, Congo, Indonesia and
India will all finish their terms on the Council,
however some of these nations
presented themselves for reelection
at the
Assembly on Tuesday,
based on rules allowing up to two
consecutive terms.
The
Human Rights Council
consists of
47 countries and
has the following
regional
composition:
Africa (13
seats), Asia-Pacific (13),
Latin America and the
Caribbean
(eight), Western
European and other States
(seven)
and
Eastern Europe (six).
(PL)
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