Its next session will be held from June 19 to July 14 this year…reports Asian Lite News
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has concluded its 52nd session, after adopting 43 resolutions on issues including the situation in the occupied Palestinian territory, and mental health.
Other resolutions addressed the negative impact of unilateral coercive measures on the enjoyment, promotion and protection of human rights, and the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Council also adopted resolutions on the right to food, the promotion of the enjoyment of cultural rights and respect for cultural diversity, the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Program of Action.
Vaclav Balek, President of the UN Human Rights Council, said in his concluding remarks on Tuesday that the body’s longest ever session “had done enormous work”.
Its next session will be held from June 19 to July 14 this year, he announced.
Ukraine war probe
The UNHRC has adopted a resolution for an extension of the mandate of the investigation into alleged war crimes by a year.
28 countries supported the draft Resolution, while 17 countries abstained including India and only 2 countries were against this. It is pertinent to mention that China is one of the countries that were against the resolution. After the voting, the Ukrainian permanent representative to the UN, Sergiy Kyslytsya tweeted, “We salute delegations @UN_HRC that supported draft Res Situation of human rights in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression – Extension of the mandate of Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. We note just 2 del’s were against. War crimes accountability now!”
Earlier also, India abstained from any resolution on the Russia-Ukraine war. Last time, when India abstained in February, India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ruchira Kamboj said that India remains committed to multilateralism while reiterating calls for dialogue and diplomacy.
She made the statement after India abstained from voting on a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on the need to reach a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine. (IANS/ANI)
