Fiji wins presidency of UN rights body after vote unblocks leadership impasse

  • Date: 15-Jan-2021
  • Source: Ahram
  • Sector:Economy
  • Country:Middle East
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Fiji wins presidency of UN rights body after vote unblocks leadership impasse

Fiji's Nazahat Shameen Khan won with 29 votes versus 14 for Bahrain and 4 for Uzbekistan, VP Ali Ibn Abi Talib Abdelrahman Mahmoud told a nearly-empty UN chamber where delegates voted one-by-one due to COVID-19 measures