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Director of the Legal Department of the MFA of Russia Roman Kolodkin “in the face of tough competition” was elected to the UN international law Commission, said a source in the permanent representation of the country at the UN. “From the Russian Federation to the Commission, was elected Director of the Legal Department of the MFA of Russia Roman Anatolyevitch Kolodkin,” – said the source “Interfax”. According to the source, Kolodkin scored 149 votes of the States members of the United Nations out of 193 possible. Elections to the Board took place on Thursday. Kolodkin was elected for five years.
About a week ago, the UN General Assembly voted for the new composition of the HRC. Russia has not received a sufficient number of votes for re-election. The head of the Council on human rights under the President Mikhail Fedotov said that the UNHRC there is a rotation: the fact that Russia has not received the required number of votes, it’s a shame, but it’s not a disaster. Russia’s permanent representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin is convinced that Russia will be elected to the Council on human rights next year. The head of the Federation Council Committee on international Affairs Konstantin Kosachev said that the tragedy is that Russia has not passed in the UN Council on human rights, no, but there is a danger that the UNHRC will become a victim of geopolitical games.