Nye lande i FN’s menneskerettighedsråd

Ni lande er nyvalgt og fem lande blev genvalgt til rådet, der i alt har 47 medlemmer. Det er FN’s generalforsamling, der vælger landene i en hemmelig afstemning. Brasilien, Egypten, Irak, Rwanda og Tunesien er blandt de nyvalgte.

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Laurits Holdt

Laurits Holdt

31. oktober 2016

Læsetid: 2 min

Rådets sammensætning

FN’s menneskerettighedsråd består af følgende lande

  1. Albanien
  2. Bangladesh
  3. Belgien
  4. Bolivia
  5. Botswana
  6. Brasilien
  7. Burundi
  8. Congo
  9. Cuba
  10. Ecuador
  11. Egypten
  12. Elfenbenskysten
  13. El Salvador
  14. Etiopien
  15. Filippinerne
  16. Forenede Arabiske Emirater
  17. Georgien
  18. Ghana
  19. Holland
  20. Indien
  21. Indonesien
  22. Irak
  23. Japan
  24. Kenya
  25. Kina
  26. Kirgisistan
  27. Kroatien
  28. Letland
  29. Mongoliet
  30. Nigeria
  31. Panama
  32. Paraguay
  33. Portugal
  34. Qatar
  35. Rwanda
  36. Saudi-Arabien
  37. Schweiz
  38. Slovenien
  39. Sydafrika
  40. Sydkorea
  41. Togo
  42. Tunesien
  43. Tyskland
  44. UK
  45. Ungarn
  46. USA
  47. Venezuela

NEW YORK, 28 October 2016 (UN News): The General Assembly today elected, by secret ballot, 14 States to serve on the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe.

Newly elected to the Geneva-based body are Brazil, Croatia, Egypt, Hungary, Iraq, Japan, Rwanda, Tunisia and United States. Re-elected for an additional term are China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and the United Kingdom. All would serve three-year terms beginning on 1 January 2017.

The outgoing members are Algeria, France, Maldives, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Russian Federation, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Viet Nam.

Members of the Council serve for a period of three years and are eligible for immediate re-election except the delegation which had served two consecutive terms, namely Maldives.

The 14 new members were elected according to the following pattern: four seats for African States; four seats for Asia-Pacific States; two seats for Eastern European States; two seats for Latin American and Caribbean States; and two seats for Western European and other States.

Assembly President Peter Thomson (Fiji) announced that the following States would also continue as members of the Council: Albania, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Burundi, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Mongolia, Netherlands, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Slovenia, Switzerland, Togo, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela.

Created by the Assembly in 2006, the 47-member Council is an inter-governmental body within the UN system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the globe and for addressing situations of human rights violations and making recommendations on them.

All of its members are elected by the world body's General Assembly, and it has the ability to discuss all thematic human rights issues and situations that require its attention throughout the year. It meets at the UN Office at Geneva.

On the basis of equitable geographical distribution, Council seats are allocated to the five regional groups as follows: African States, 13 seats; Asia-Pacific States, 13 seats; Eastern European States, six seats; Latin American and Caribbean States, eight seats; and Western European and other States, seven seats.