World Re- elected Pakistan, 5th time as representative of UNHRC-United Nation Human Right Council

 

World  Re- elected Pakistan,  5th  time as  representative of  UNHRC-United Nation Human Right Council


World recognizes again the   peace efforts of Pakistan by electing  her for the 5th time as a representative  of Asia Pacific region in United Nation Human Right Commission for next three years commencing from 1st January, 2021.

Pakistan  was elected by the highest number of  votes.

This  council is responsible for the protection and promotion of  peace across the world. It is  said that council recommendations  are considered   as prime agenda in the  UN General assembly  (UNGA),for the purpose of global peace and stability.

The human rights council is  consist of   47  seats  which are elected  by  all 193 members countries of  UNO.

Below is the distribution of UNHRC  seats 

                Region                                                                                  Seats

1.       Africa                                                                                                    13

2.       Asia-Pacific                                                                                          13

3.       Latin America and Carribean states                                                       8

4.       Western Europe and other states                                                            7

5.       Eastern European states                                                                         6

Total                                                                                          47

The members are elected for the period of 3 years in the annual session of  UNGA.

 Out of 13 seats for Asia-Pacific; election, was held for 4 seats    among China, Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Nepal and Pakistan.

Below are the polling results:

                                                                                                Votes

1.       Pakistan                                                                                               169

2.       Uzbekistan                                                                                          164

3.       Nepal                                                                                                  150

4.       China                                                                                                  139

The outgoing members from this region were Afghanistan, Nepal, Qatar and Pakistan.

The other existing members of Asia Pacific  region now consist of Indonesia, Japan, Marshall Island, South Korea, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Fiji, India and Philippines.

It is interesting to   mention here that various  human right groups from Canada, USA and Europe requested UNGA to restrict  China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Cuba, Uzbekistan and Pakistan for the election contest, due to internal human violations cases in these countries. 

Many news papers responded these elections in their own ways. The times of India, the biggest English newspaper of the world, reported  the victory of China and Pakistan as a black day. 

But, this heading gives many questions for the international reader, is it a black day for the Asia Pacific region, for India, or for whole world.


https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/china/black-day-china-pakistans-election-to-un-rights-body-draws-global-ire/articleshow/78658795.cms

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/13/saudi-arabia-fails-to-join-un-human-rights-council-but-russia-and-china-elected

            https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-re-elected-to-united-nations-human-rights-                    council/article32851107.ece

https://www.ohchr.org/en/hrbodies/hrc/pages/membership.aspx

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Human_Rights_Council

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/10/08/un-deny-rights-council-seats-major-violators


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