Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Nations Sergiy Kyslytsya( left) shuffles papers as he listens to Vassily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations, on Oct. 9, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. [VOA]The United Nations General Assembly will hold a vote Tuesday on whether to allow Russia to rejoin the world body’s Human Rights Council, nearly two years after it ejected Moscow from the council following its invasion of Ukraine. The General Assembly voted 93-24 to kick Russia off the Human Rights Council in April 2022, nearly two months after launching its war on Ukraine. United Nations investigators are in Hroza. In a sign that President Vladimir Putin may resume nuclear testing, Russian lawmakers were given until October 18 to examine ways to rescind Moscow's ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), a global nuclear test ban.

Source: Daily Nation October 11, 2023 01:04 UTC