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Chinese ambassador pledges support as Fiji’s candidate wins presidency of UN human rights council




Fiji, the favourite of Western nations, won the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday, beating Bahrain and Uzbekistan in a ballot that resolved a tense deadlock over the selection.The vote was called after an impasse that meant the council, the only intergovernmental global body to promote and protect human rights, began meetings this week leaderless for the first time in its 15-year history.The presidency rotates geographically with each region typically making a…



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