Russia sees trends toward politicization in UN Human Rights Council's work - Foreign Ministry
MOSCOW. July 3 (Interfax) - The UN Human Rights Council's work (UNHRC) is becoming increasingly more politicized and involves double standards, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
"Unfortunately, we have to acknowledge that the Council is manifesting a growing trend toward politicization, and double standards are becoming increasingly more visible," the ministry said in a statement for the media summing up outcomes of the 29th session of the UN Human Rights Council that has just been finished in Geneva.
To uphold its point, the statement cites "lopsided texts on Syria and Belarus and a politicized draft on technical assistance to Ukraine."
The Russian delegation "sought to make sure that even the most complicated issues on the international human rights agenda be considered through the prism of cooperation and dialogue," it said.
The Council adopted a resolution proposed by Russia that the anniversaries of the adoption of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights be marked.
The Council also made a joint statement on behalf of the members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on providing security of journalists and members of the press in areas of military conflicts.
At an initiative by the Russian delegation and the Group of Friends of the Family, a resolution was adopted on the protection of the family and its role in providing sustainable development and the eradication of poverty.
"Russia will continue to work at the UN Human Rights Council on promoting the principle of constructive depoliticized cooperation of states as the cornerstone of the functioning of the UN human rights dimension," it said.