Malaysia abstains in vote to suspend Russia from UN rights council


PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has abstained from a United Nations General Assembly vote to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council.

It was one of the 58 countries that had abstained in the voting on Thursday (April 7), which saw 93 member states vote in favour, while 24 countries were against the resolution.

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