Geneva, June 18.
─ The terms of office for all 14 members elected last May to serve on the Human Rights Council for three-year terms began today, June 18th.
Of those elected, Libya, Maldives, Mauritania, Republic of Moldova, Spain, Thailand and Uganda will be sitting on the Geneva-based panel for the first time. Re-elected for an additional term were Angola and Qatar. Ecuador, Guatemala, Malaysia, Poland and Switzerland had served in earlier non-consecutive terms.
The Human Rights Council was created by the General Assembly in May 2006 (resolution 60/251) as the United Nations principal poli...
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