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Navi Pillay

B’nai Brith Canada Backs UNHRC Decision Suspending Russia

  April 7, 2022 OTTAWA – B’nai Brith Canada applauds today’s historic vote at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), which suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). The UNGA voted 93-24, with 58 abstentions, thereby reaching the 2/3 majority of voting members required to adopt the unprecedented motion of suspending a UNHRC member. B’nai Brith supports the measure in light of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine and the increasing evidence of Russian …

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Canada’s Ambassador Shares B’nai Brith Concerns about Biased UN Commission Chair

    April 5, 2022 OTTAWA – Canada’s Ambassador to the United Nations has expressed doubts about the newly formed “Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territories” of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). “Canada shares some of the concerns expressed in your letter… regarding the Commission’s scope, unprecedented ongoing nature, and budget in …

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