Russia loses vote to rejoin UN top human rights body despite Putin's charm offensive

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : Moscow had claimed it had support from a silent majority at the UN, something which Tuesday's vote shows was not the case.
25% : "I think the Russians will be pleased that they persuaded a sizable minority of UN members to back them (which) suggests that Moscow is not a total pariah in the UN system, despite repeated Western criticism," Richard Gowan, UN director of the International Crisis Group, said.
23% : US deputy ambassador Robert Wood told the Security Council that Russia's re-election "while it openly continues to commit war crimes and other atrocities would be an ugly stain that would undermine the credibility of the institution and the United Nations".Russian envoy to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, accused the US of preventing Russia's return to the council with its campaign.

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