Geneva: Pakistan has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental body within the UN system, here on Monday.
Pakistan, which had the endorsement of the Asia Group, polled 171 votes, when 97 were required. The United States and Germany won a closely contested race among western nations.
The Geneva-based council is mandated to promote and protect human rights and prevent human rights violations.
The 47-member body is composed of 13 countries from Africa, 13 from Asia, six from Eastern Europe, eight from Latin America and the Caribbean, and seven from Western Europe and other states.
Talking to media, prime minister’s advisor on Human rights, Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar said that the election of Pakistan in UN Human Rights council was a great achievement for the country and it has dispelled the negative image of the country in terms of human rights violation.
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