Saudi Arabia Denied Seat in UN Human Rights Council

Russia and Cuba were among 11 countries elected unopposed to the UNHRC. All 193 UN members were able to vote in each region.

The controversial voting system sees countries strike bargains to agree on who will stand, often unopposed.

President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the UN Human Rights Council in 2018.

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"Today the UN General Assembly once again elected countries with abhorrent human rights records," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.

He slammed the UN Human Rights Council's membership rules, saying they "allow the election of the world's worst human rights abusers to seats on the council". 

(Writer & Editor: PDH/CH, Agence France-Presse)

Source: http://u.afp.com/3r55