{"id":118831,"date":"2024-12-18T14:10:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T11:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118831\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarus-votes-against-un-human-rights-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118831\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus votes against UN human rights resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OON_wikipedia.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OON_wikipedia.png 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OON_wikipedia-354x236.png 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OON_wikipedia-734x490.png 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OON_wikipedia-178x118.png 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/OON_wikipedia-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(wikipedia.org)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 18,<em> Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> Belarus will vote against all United Nations&#8217; country resolutions that use \u201cdouble standards in the field of human rights,\u201d Belarusian diplomat Ihar Pilipienka told the 79th session of the UN General Assembly yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This approach will also apply to resolutions adopted by consensus, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following Pilipienka&#8217;s address, the General Assembly approved by consensus draft resolutions on the situation of human rights in North Korea and Myanmar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The UN also adopted three resolutions by voting. These concerned human rights in Iran, Ukraine&#8217;s breakaway regions and Syria. Belarus voted against all three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current session of the General Assembly did not vote on a report from the special rapporteur on Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/nil_muznieks_politeka_net-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/nil_muznieks_politeka_net-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/nil_muznieks_politeka_net-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/nil_muznieks_politeka_net.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Society<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Society<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Latvian human rights activist voted UN special rapporteur on Belarus<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">October 11, Pozirk. Latvia&#039;s Nils Mui\u017enieks has been elected as UN special rapporteur on human rights in Belarus. The decision was announced on the last day of the United Nations Human Rights Council session, October 11. Mui\u017enieks was born on &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/108974\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 18, Pozirk. Belarus will vote against all United Nations&#8217; country resolutions that use \u201cdouble standards in the field of human rights,\u201d Belarusian diplomat Ihar Pilipienka told the 79th session of the UN General Assembly yesterday. This approach will also apply to resolutions adopted by consensus, he added. Following Pilipienka&#8217;s address, the General Assembly approved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":74295,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-118831","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarus votes against UN human rights resolutions | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 18, Pozirk. 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