Venezuela voices “unsuitable” as a member of the UN Human Rights Council

South America Venezuela, where political unrest continues, was voted on the 17th by the United Nations General Assembly (193 countries) as a member of the "Human Rights Council", which examines the human rights situation of member countries. The term of office is three years from January next year. In Venezuela, serious human rights violations by the Maduro administration, which strengthens dictatorship, continue, and condemnations such as "inappropriate appointment" have been issued by human rights organizations.

The number of elected member countries of “Latin America and the Caribbean” to which Venezuela belongs is two countries, with Brazil winning 153 votes and Venezuela winning 105 votes. Costa Rica swiftly ran on the 3rd of this month to prevent the election of Venezuela, but it wasn't 96 votes.

After voting, United Nations Ambassador Kraft accused Twitter of saying “It's just unfair to say that terrible human rights abusers are allowed to join the Human Rights Council.” In addition, Philippe Boropion of Human Rights Watch, an international human rights organization, told the Asahi Shimbun: I should. "

On the other hand, according to Reuters, ...