UN Human Rights Council

Subject – IR

Context – India gets re-elected to UN Human Rights Council for 2022-24 term

Concept –

India was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the 2022-24 term and vowed to continue to work for the promotion and protection of Human Rights through “Samman, Samvad and Sahyog.”
India gets re-elected to the @UN_HRC (2022-24) for a 6th term with overwhelming majority.
“We will continue to work for promotion and protection of Human Rights through #Samman #Samvad #Sahyog #Samman #Samvad #Sahyog,” India’s Permanent Mission to the UN tweeted.
The UN General Assembly elected by secret ballot Argentina, Benin, Cameroon, Eritrea, Finland, Gambia, Honduras, India, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Montenegro, Paraguay, Qatar, Somalia, UAE and the USA.

Membership –

The UNHRC has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis from 5 groups.
Five regional groups for membership: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, Western Europe and Eastern Europe.
To become a member, a country must receive the votes of at least 96 of the 191 states of the UN General Assembly (an absolute majority).
According to Resolution 60/251, which created the council, members are elected directly by secret ballot by the majority of the UN General Assembly. Membership has to be equally distributed geographically.
The members are elected for a period of three years, with a maximum of two consecutive terms.

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