Russia gets resolution through U.N. rights council, in first since 2022

Geneva –

Russia on Friday ushered a resolution through the U.N. Human Rights Council, a first since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in what observers said signals a growing push to reenter the global stage.

The text tabled by Russia seemed bland, merely calling on countries to properly celebrate the 60th anniversary of the adoption of international human rights covenants.

It passed with 26 of the council’s 47 members voting in favor and no votes opposing, but with 21 mainly Western countries abstaining.