Cambodia abstains from Russian UN human rights vote

Cambodia is one of 58 countries which abstained from an April 7 vote to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, while 93 countries voted in favour, and 24 against, the suspension of Russia from the council.

Of the ASEAN nations, Cambodia was joined by Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. Laos and Vietnam voted against Russia’s suspension. Only the Philippines and the Myanmar government-in-exile ‘The National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar’ voted in favour of the suspension.

The UN said that the vote came after disturbing images emerged from the city of Bucha – which is in the region, or oblast, of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv – in the past weekend. It said hundreds of civilian bodies were found in the streets and in mass graves following Russia’s withdrawal from the area.

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