World

Russia contested for 4 UN committees, all lost

April 14, 2022
Sezarr

Russia, contesting four UN committees, lost one of them to Ukraine, a decision seen on the global stage as Moscow’s isolation.

Elections were held on Wednesday to fill various vacancies in subsidiary and related bodies in the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Russia was contesting for the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, the UN Women’s Executive Board, the UNICEF Executive Board and the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.

“Russia participated in 4 elections to @UN committees today. It lost in all of them. UN membership is isolating Russia and standing with Ukraine,” tweeted the United Kingdom mission to the UN.

The EU delegation to the United Nations in New York said the results of today’s #ECOSOC elections show that Russia’s aggression has disqualified him from serving in key UN bodies.

“We congratulate the newly elected members of the #ECOSOC subsidiary bodies who are committed to the values ​​of the United Nations,” it said.

UK diplomat James Roscoe tweeted, “@RussiaDisgrace to the UN and further isolation at the UN today. They lost 4 elections to major UN bodies. @mfa_russia in Ukraine a sign of rejection of the war and its escalating pariah status.”

Ukrainians are paying the highest price for the illegal war, but Russia’s damage is not limited to its military. In the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, Russia lost after receiving only 15 votes out of 54 ballots, 16 out of 54 in the elections to the UN Women’s Executive Board, 17 out of 54 in the UNICEF Executive Board and UNICEF Executive The board got 18 votes. 52 ballots were cast in the election of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, where it was defeated by Ukraine, which received 34 votes.

Indians elected to 4 bodies

India was elected to four bodies of the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

“India elected to 4 @UN ECOSOC bodies: Social Development Commission, Committee on NGOs, Science and Technology Commission for Development and Ambassador Preeti Saran re-elected to Committee for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,” India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations tweeted on Wednesday.

For the Social Development Commission, Austria, Bangladesh, Burundi, Colombia, Egypt, Ghana, Haiti, India, Peru, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine were elected to four-year terms of office, beginning with the first meeting. The 62nd session of the Commission in 2023 and the sixty-five session of the Commission in 2027 is ending.

For Science and Technology Commission for Development, Algeria, Belize, Botswana, China, Colombia, Cuba, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Hungary, Latvia, Oman, Romania, Rwanda, Tajikistan, Turkey, United Kingdom, United The Republic of Tanzania, the United States and Uzbekistan were elected by Abhinandan to serve a four-year term beginning January 1, 2023.

1 January for the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, Algeria, Bahrain, Cameroon, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Cuba, Eritrea, India, Israel, Liberia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States and Zimbabwe Elected by Abhinandan for a four-year term starting 2023. Armenia and Georgia were elected by secret ballot.

Aslan Abashidze of the Russian Federation, Ludovic Henebel of Belgium, Joo-Young Lee of the Republic of Korea, Santiago Manuel Fiorio Vesken of Paraguay, Carla Vanessa Lemus de Vasquez of El Salvador, Juliette Rossi of Argentina and Preeti Saran of India were elected. By acclamation to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights for a term of four years commencing from January 1, 2023.

West vs Russia

However, the United Kingdom withdrew from Abashidze’s Declaration of Consensus of Russia for the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

He said members of this committee should have a recognized competence in human rights, adding that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine affects the rights of its citizens.

Similarly, the United States also withdrew from Abashidze’s election, noting that Abashidze defended an unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, which he said was inconsistent with the right of all peoples to self-determination.

According to a UN press release, representatives of France and Canada also, speaking for New Zealand, expressed similar reservations, emphasizing that board members should have a high moral standard. In response, Russia stated that elections to the subsidiary bodies of the Economic and Social Council should be conducted in accordance with standard rights and procedures.

A UN press release stating that any state entitled to participate in council meetings has the right to be elected rejected all political attacks against its country.

representative of india

In December 2018, Saran, a senior Indian diplomat, was elected unopposed to the Asia Pacific seat in the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR).

Saran’s first four-year term began on January 1, 2019. She joined the Indian Foreign Service in August 1982. She has served in Indian missions in Moscow, Dhaka, Cairo, Geneva, Toronto and Vietnam and was the Consul General of India. Indian Ambassador to Toronto and Vietnam.