Macedonia wins seat at UN Human Rights Council

[Risto the Great]

http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/24252/45/

After a voting at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Macedonia won a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Macedonia's nomination was endorsed by 177 UN members thus filling one of the two emptied seats reserved for countries from the East European group that are UN members.

After securing a seat, Macedonia in the next three years will participate in the activities of the UN's highest rights watchdog body. The 47-seat council based in Geneva in cooperation with the high human rights commissioner reviews reports on the situation in certain member states and can open a discussion on pressing issues, MIA reports.

Macedonia's nomination to secure a seat on the UN Human Rights Council was treated as a top priority by the Foreign Ministry as part of its multilateral agenda.

Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski and Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki had promoted Macedonia's nomination during their recent visit to the UN.

On the eve of today's voting, Macedonia was considered as one of the top four candidates for membership in this council together with Britain, France and Mexico.

China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Cuba also won seats on the UN Human Rights Council, despite fierce criticism of their records from rights campaigners.

To be fair, its actually FYROM that won the seat in the UN Human Rights Council. The UN does not know any other name for Macedonia. And that is their version of human rights. Pathetic to be honest.

[Redsun]

"After securing a seat, Macedonia in the next three years will participate in the activities of the UN's highest rights watch dog"

At what point during those 3 years will the appointed one, demand full recognition of our rights through the UN?

I hope he is a man of honor, not some spaghetti spine, shut lipped little clerk behind a big desk peering across a massive room proud to have his name on the desk.

So many times you see politicians in any country go absent minded, there in awe so great full and amazed that they acquired the position (wow I never thought Id get here in my life). These are the ones that hold back the others they shouldn't be there, it takes certain qualities.

Nikola get the right man for the job please, from day one.