GENEVA — The United States plans to seek a suspension of Russia from its seat on the UN’s top human rights body in the wake of rising signs that Russian forces may have committed war crimes in Bucha, near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield says today.
Any decision to suspend Russia would require a decision by the UN General Assembly in New York.
Russia and the other four permanent members of the UN Security Council — Britain, China, France and the United States — all currently have seats on the 47-member rights council, which is based in Geneva. The United States rejoined the council this year.
Thomas-Greenfield mentioned the US plan in a meeting with Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca, her office says.
In New York, General Assembly spokeswoman Paulina Kubiak says today that no request for a meeting on the issue has been received yet.
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