In keeping with its stand on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, India on Friday abstained from vote in the UN Human Rights Council that decided to set up an independent international commission of enquiry to look into the cases of human right violations arising out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
India had already abstained on two resolutions on Ukraine in the 15-nation Security Council and one in the 193-member General Assembly in the last one week.
The 47-member council voted on a draft resolution on the situation of human rights in Ukraine. The resolution was adopted with 32 votes in favour, two against (Russia and Eritrea) and 13 abstentions, including India, China, Pakistan, Sudan and Venezuela.
“The UNHRC has decided to urgently establish an independent international commission of inquiry as a result of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine,” the council tweeted.
The UNGA this week overwhelmingly voted to condemn Russian aggression and demanded that Moscow “completely and unconditionally” withdraw all of its military forces from the territory of Ukraine. India abstained on the resolution, which received 141 votes in favour, five against and a total of 35 abstentions.