UN Human Right Council

Sederet kasus HAM boleh jadi ngegantung di Indonesia, tapi lihat dong untuk kedua kalinya Indonesia jadi pengawal HAM dunia. Gue ga tahu ini ironis atau prestasi ya?


RI RE-ELECTED MEMBER OF UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

Jakarta, May 18 (ANTARA) - Fourteen countries, including Indonesia, have been elected to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council after two rounds of balloting among member states at the UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday, Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman Kristiarto Legowo said here on Friday.
"Indonesia was re-elected to serve a three-year term from 2007 to 2010 after two rounds of balloting at UN Headquarters in New York on Thursday," Kristiarto Legowo said. According to a UN press statement, Indonesia, Angola, Bolivia, Egypt, India, Madagascar, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Qatar, Slovenia and South Africa were successful after the first round of voting, while Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy were chosen following a second round.
The UN press statement said successful countries -- which were elected according to a formula that allots seats among regional groups -- needed to obtain an absolute majority of the General Assembly's membership of 192 States.
The second round of balloting was restricted to those States which had scored the most votes in the first round without achieving a majority.
In the African States group, Madagascar (182 votes), South Africa (175), Angola (172) and Egypt (168) exceeded the majority during the first round, while India (185), Indonesia (182), the Philippines (179) and Qatar (170) won the seats allotted to the Asian States group. In the Latin America and the Caribbean States group, where two seats were up for grabs, Nicaragua (174) and Bolivia (169) were elected.
Slovenia, which obtained 168 votes, was the only nation in the Eastern European States category to win a majority in the first round, but in the second round Bosnia and Herzegovina picked up 112 votes. Belarus did not score enough votes in either round.
Two seats were available to the Western European and Other States group, and the Netherlands won 121 votes in the opening round, while Denmark and Italy tied on 114 votes. In the second round, Italy scored 101 votes and Denmark obtained 86 votes.
Some of Thursday's successful countries - South Africa, India, Indonesia, the Philippines and the Netherlands - were actually being elected to their second term after winning a seat during the inaugural elections of the Council last year, when the body was established to replace the discredited Commission on Human Rights.
As part of the Council's formation, some members won three-year terms and others were given one-year terms and allowed to run for re-election again this year. Under Council rules, members serve three-year terms and cannot run for re-election after two consecutive terms. Those elected on Thursday would serve three-year terms on the 47-member body.
Indonesia, Angola, Egypt, Madagascar, South Africa, India, the Philippines, Qatar, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Italy and the Netherlands were elected to serve a three-year term beginning June 20 June.
The Council, created by General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 15 March 2006 to replace the Geneva-based Commission on Human Rights, seeks to address violations of human rights, including gross and systematic violations, and to promote the effective coordination and mainstreaming of human rights within the United Nations system.
In accordance with the same resolution, the Council consists of 47 Member States, elected by secret ballot last year by the majority of the General Assembly Members.
Based on a membership of 192 States, the minimum required number of votes is, therefore, 97. The membership is based on equitable geographical distribution. The members of the Council shall serve for a period of three years.
They are not eligible for immediate re-election after two consecutive terms and, if they fail to uphold the highest human rights standards, they can be suspended through a two-thirds majority vote by Assembly members.
The General Assembly will meet again at 10 a.m. on Monday, May 21, to consider a follow-up to the outcome of the twenty-sixth special session on implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS
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