Other seventeen countries also elected, or re-elected, for Council membership on October 28 are: Belgium; Burundi; Côte d’Ivoire; Ecuador; Ethiopia; Germany; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan; Mongolia; Panama; Philippines; Republic of Korea; Slovenia; Switzerland; Togo; United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
The Council’s membership is based on geographical distribution with Georgia falling in the Eastern European group. Slovenia was another candidate from the same regional group; there were no other candidates from the same regional group and the two countries will replace Estonia and Montenegro on Council’s membership.
“The Council membership underlines the commitment of the Government of Georgia to further advance its national and foreign policies for the protection of human rights and gives Georgia a remarkable opportunity to further engage in joint international undertakings for addressing human rights violations and ensuring protection of human rights of all people,” Georgia’s mission to the UN said in a statement.
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