US President Joe Biden made a statement about the termination of Russian membership in the UN Human Rights Council.
” I applaud the accepted overwhelming majority of the vote today … This is an important step of the international community, which again demonstrated that Putin war has turned Russia in the international outcast, “the president says, which quotes the Russian BBC service.
According to the head of the White House,” USA and … Allies and partners around the world worked for this result, because Russia is systematically and grossly violates human rights. Russia is not a place in the Human Rights Council. After today’s historical voting Russia will no longer be able to participate in the work of the Council or to distribute its disinformation in it until the Board’s Commission is investigating Russian violations of human rights in Ukraine. “
“and we will continue to work with responsible states around the world to collect evidence to raise Russia to liability for the cruelty committed, increase the pressure on the Russian economy and isolate Russia in the international arena,” added Biden.
Earlier on Thursday, the UN General Assembly during a special session in Ukraine adopted a Western resolution on the suspension of Russia’s membership in the Human Rights Council.