Russia fails in bid to regain a seat on the UN's top human rights body • BusinessMirror

UNITED NATIONS—Russia was defeated in its bid to regain a seat in the UN’s premiere human rights body by a significant majority in Tuesday’s election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. Russia was competing against Albania and Bulgaria for two seats on the Geneva-based Human

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