Burundi, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and Malawi are four of the 15 new nations that the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) chose to represent the Human Rights Council.
The election was held on Tuesday, and the new members will begin serving on January 1, 2024, for a three-year term.
The UN’s top rights body, the Human Rights Council, has the responsibility of defending and advancing universally recognized freedoms.
It was founded in 2006 and has 47 member countries.
To achieve a well-distributed geographical distribution, the seats are allocated among regional groups of states.
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Malawi received the most votes in this election (182), followed by Côte d’Ivoire (181), Ghana (179), and Burundi (168).
Albania, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, France, Indonesia, Japan, Kuwait, and the Netherlands are among the other nations that were chosen.
France, Cuba, Côte d’Ivoire, China, Malawi, and Côte d’Ivoire all won second terms in office.
It’s important to note that the Dominican Republic has never before been elected to the Human Rights Council.
Peru and Russia, meanwhile, were unable to get a spot.
Following its resignation from the organization on April 7, 2022, Russia was running for re-election to the Human Rights Council.
On January 1, 2024, the new members will join the group’s current members, who currently include Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Eritrea, Finland, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, and Luxembourg.