The Czech Republic joined the UN Human Rights Council instead of Russia, which was expelled from there. This was reported by the press service of the organization on its Twitter page..

The UN General Assembly elected the Czech Republic to the seat on the Human Rights Council that Russia vacated in April 2022..

The countries' foreign ministries said they would use this opportunity to promote and protect human rights..

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Recall that on April 7, the UN General Assembly supported the decision to exclude Russia from the UN Human Rights Council.. Human rights activists from all over the world insisted on this.. An open statement, in addition to organizations of our country, was also signed in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Croatia, Georgia, Norway, Poland, Serbia and other countries.