BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

15/05/2007

PACE Opposes Belarus's Potential Membership In UN Human Rights Council

The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has called on the UN General Assembly to deny Belarus membership in the UN Human Rights Council, Belapan and RFE/RL's Belarus Service reported on May 14. "The presentation of Belarus as a candidate for the Human Rights Council -- alongside Slovenia from the Eastern European group -- is nothing less than scandalous, given Belarus's dismal human rights record," the PACE committee said in a statement. The election of new members to the UN Human Rights Council is to be held on May 17. Eastern Europe is entitled to two seats on the council; only Slovenia and Belarus have been proposed to fill these vacancies. JM

Source:

http://www.rferl.org/newsline/2007/05/3-cee/cee-150507.asp