Liz Truss, the UK Foreign Secretary, said Russia “should be suspended” following reports of a “heinous massacre” in Bucha. Given the strong evidence of war crimes, including reports of mass graves and heinous massacres in Bucha, Russia can not remain a member of the UN Human Rights Council. Russia must be suspended. – Liz Truss (@trussliz) April 4, 2022 Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkēvičs echoed calls for a Russian suspension. “The country that started the war against Ukraine, commits blatant and systematic violations of human rights and war crimes has no place [the Human Rights Council]”, He wrote on Twitter. #Latvia supports the suspension of the Russian Federation by the United Nations Human Rights Council and will vote accordingly. The country that started the war against #Ukraine, commits blatant and systematic violations of human rights and war crimes has no place in @UN_HRC – Edgars Rinkēvičs (@edgarsrinkevics) April 4, 2022 Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nicki Haley has said that expelling Russia from the HRC is “the right move.” “It should be easy for any country to support this,” he said in a tweet. “As long as Russia participates in the council with China and Venezuela, it remains a joke and a shame for human rights.” US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield called on the 140 members of the United Nations to “match our words with action” after seeing images of dead civilians coming out of Bucha. “We can not allow a Member State that overthrows every authority we love to continue to participate [U.N. Human Rights Council]”Russia should not have a position of power in this body, nor should we allow Russia to use its seat in the Council as a propaganda tool to indicate that it has a legitimate concern for human rights.” A two-thirds majority of the 193-member UN General Assembly in 129 countries could oust Russia from the HRC. Last month, 141 countries voted in favor of condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In close coordination with Ukraine and other UN member states and partners, the United States will call for a suspension of Russia from the UN Human Rights Council. – Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield (@USAmbUN) April 4, 2022 The head of the UN Human Rights Council said she was “terrified” by the images of dead civilians in Boutsa. “Reports from him and other areas raise serious and worrying questions about possible war crimes, as well as serious violations of international humanitarian law and serious violations of international human rights law,” the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said. Michelle Bachelet. He added that it was “vital” that independent and effective investigations be conducted into what happened in Bucha to “ensure truth, justice and accountability”. Foreign officials, including French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Belgian President Alexander de Croix, as well as the Foreign Ministries of Germany, Poland and Canada, took part in the in Bouha. They have expressed support for international investigations into reports of Russian war crimes and promised tougher sanctions on Russia. The horrible images of #Bucha will never fade. Lost lives are never forgotten. These war crimes cannot go unpunished. Belgium fully supports @IntlCrimCourt in the important project ahead. – Alexander De Croo 🇧🇪🇪🇺 (@alexanderdecroo) April 4, 2022 The Security Council requested that in addition to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s ongoing inspections in Ukraine, that it monitor Russia’s compliance with “the steps required by the IAEA Board”. The Russian delegation to the UN requested a meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday on the “Ukrainian challenge to Butsa”, but said the British delegation had rejected its request. “As we understand it, the main task of our British colleagues is to resolve our request with unfounded procedural pretexts at another meeting on Ukraine scheduled for Tuesday with greater focus,” Russian UN official Dmitry Polyansky told the Telegram. “They clearly want to avoid addressing this issue separately, which will damage the reputation of Western countries that have already accused Russia of killing civilians in Bucha. This will not work and people need to know the truth. We will insist on the meeting will take place on Monday as we requested “. We made another attempt to raise the awareness of our colleagues at @UKUN_NewYork and called for an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council today to challenge the Ukrainian radicals in #Bucha. This whole situation is an outrageous abuse of its privileges by the UK Presidency – Dmitry Polyanskiy (@Dpol_un) April 4, 2022
