United Nations Human Rights Council GenevaUN, Apr 7The suspension of Russia's work in the UN Human Rights Council, which Western countries are seeking, could have devastating consequences for the system of this world organization, Dmitry Polyansky, Russia's first deputy representative to the UN, wrote on his Telegram channel. On Thursday, the UN General Assembly is expected to decide on suspension of Russia's activities in the HRC. The corresponding draft resolution was prepared by a number of Western countries, including the United States, Ukraine, and Latvia. Such a step will be taken in response to the Russian special operation in Ukraine. «This is a landmark decision by the United States and its allies, which could have devastating consequences for the UN system,» Polyansky said. The upcoming vote, the diplomat expressed confidence, does not concern the Russian-Ukrainian conflict or allegedly human rights violations by Moscow. He called such claims unverified and unproven. «Given the number of obvious fakes, staging and provocations (like the notorious false flag operation in Bucha), this is rather a premeditated tactical move. This is a dangerous precedent when a group of Western states tries to impose their rules on others and preferences,» he stated.Nebenzia expressed hope that Russia would not be expelled from the UNHRC According to the diplomat, this is how the order promoted by the West, supposedly based on rules, looks like. In fact, we are talking about «unprincipled colonial blackmail under the guise of a noble cause,» Polyansky emphasized. Russia, the first deputy representative recalled, plays an important balancing role, its removal from the HRC will deprive developing countries of a loud and powerful defender. «That's why Western countries are eager to do this and tip the scales in their favor,» he said. As Polyansky pointed out, the US representative to the UN has already announced the desired result — 140 countries should support the suspension of Russia's membership. «This whole situation paints a bigger picture : The desire of Western countries to undermine the UN institutions behind a smokescreen of punishment against Russia, thereby risking destroying the foundation of the current multilateral system that emerged after World War II and saves the world from World War III,» the diplomat said.
The UN commented on reports of the murder of Russian prisoners The show at the General Assembly would be extremely hypocritical, the first deputy representative suggested. “We should not forget that the US itself, a couple of years ago, despised the HRC, withdrew from it and consistently belittled its role. border, Washington is the last one who can read morals to others on the issue of human rights,» he said. Polyansky expressed the hope that Russia's colleagues «from the remaining independent countries (not counting the US henchmen) will remember all these moments when they press on the button. A two-thirds vote of those present in the hall will be required to adopt a resolution. At the same time, the votes of abstentions are not taken into account. Earlier, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya expressed the hope that the member countries of the organization would not support the initiative to suspend Russia's work in the HRC. Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the council's work without Moscow's participation unthinkable. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.»In Crimea, they responded with a saying to Zelensky’s words about the self-dissolution of the UN Security Council. For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out “demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine”, to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for “bloody crimes against civilians” in Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces are inflicting strikes only on military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. Earlier, the Ukrainian authorities and the media distributed a video allegedly filmed in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, where the bodies of the dead lie on the road. Many Internet users questioned the credibility of Kyiv's accusations against Moscow, noting that there was no blood near the bodies on the ground, and some of the dead had white armbands on their sleeves and could have been killed by Ukrainian security forces or territorial defense. The Ministry of Defense said that all published by Kiev photographs and video materials allegedly testifying to some kind of «crimes» by Russian military personnel in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, are «another provocation». As noted in the military department, during the time this settlement was under the control of the Russian Armed Forces, not a single local resident suffered from any violent actions. />It became known when the UN will vote on Russia's participation in the HRC
