UN Human Rights Council meeting. File photoMOSCOW, Oct 7Russia strongly rejects the resolution adopted by the UN Human Rights Council, will ignore the established special mechanism of the Human Rights Council and refuses to cooperate with it, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.The 51st session of the UN Council on Friday on Human Rights, at the initiative of 26 EU countries, approved the draft resolution «The situation of human rights in the Russian Federation».The Foreign Ministry pointed out to the French Ambassador that disruptions to the UN Security Council meetings are unacceptable. it is emphasized that the resolution is based on well-known insinuations about the «persecution» in Russia of representatives of civil society, «activists and human rights activists», sexual minorities. The «concerns» listed in the draft do not reflect the real state of affairs and cannot serve as a basis for creating the post of HRC Special Rapporteur for Russia, which is the final product of the anti-Russian document, the Foreign Ministry noted. «At the same time, there is nothing to do with concern for human rights in general and In particular, this initiative does not have Russians. This is an attempt to create another lever to put pressure on Russia in the human rights direction. We consider this initiative as another attempt to punish our country for pursuing an independent foreign and domestic policy,» the statement also says. it highlights the significant fact that out of the 47 states of the Council, 30 countries refused to support the document prepared by the EU — almost two-thirds of the composition of this body. «At the same time, we will continue to defend our priorities in the HRC, the main of which was and remains the strengthening of a constructive promotion and protection of human rights We are convinced that the main task of the UN Human Rights Council is to ensure commitment to universal human values, and not to the momentary interests of a narrow circle of Western political elites,» the ministry also said in a statement. jpg» />The Chinese Foreign Ministry urged to pay attention to the violation of human rights in the West
