The high-profile rebuke of Moscow marked only the second ever suspension of a country from the council — Libya was the first, in 2011 — and it earned praise from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his American counterpart Joe Biden
The results of the votes to expel Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council of members of the United Nations General Assembly is seen on a screen during a continuation of the Eleventh Emergency Special Session on the invasion of Ukraine on April 07, 2022 in New York City. The United Nations General Assembly continued its special session on the invasion of Ukraine and will vote on a draft resolution that would expel Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council after the discovery of dozens of civilian bodies in the town of Bucha after Russian forces retreated from the town. (Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
United Nations, United States: The UN General Assembly voted Thursday to suspend Russia from the global body's Human Rights Council as punishment for its invasion of Ukraine.
The high-profile rebuke of Moscow marked only the second ever suspension of a country from the council — Libya was the first, in 2011 — and it earned praise from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and his American counterpart Joe Biden.
The expulsion confirmed Moscow as an "international pariah," Biden said in a searing statement that addressed what he called "horrifying" images from Ukrainian towns like Bucha, where Russian forces are accused of atrocities against civilians.
"Russia's lies are no match for the undeniable evidence of what is happening in Ukraine," Biden said.