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Nations reject Russia's attempt to rejoin U.N. Human Rights Council

The vote undermined Moscow's claim it still has support from a silent majority of the United Nations' 193 member nations.

Demonstrators in Geneva protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Demonstrators in Geneva protest Russia's invasion of Ukraine (AN/J. Heilprin)

Russia failed in its bid to rejoin the U.N.'s top human rights body during a vote that served as yet another rebuke of the nation's invasion of Ukraine.

Tuesday's vote in the U.N. General Assembly delivered just 83 votes to Russia in its attempt to return to the U.N. Human Rights Council. Russia vied with Albania and Bulgaria for one of two Eastern European seats.

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