The council of Europe have Expelled Russia from Human Rights Body flowing their invasion of Ukraine. Strasbourg, France (AP) — made the move on Wednesday after a meeting with its stakeholders – a 47-nation organization’s committee of ministers.
The council were against against Russia’s decision to wage war against Ukraine despite the latter being a sovereign country.
Many Men, Woman, and Children have been killed and more have been rendered as refugees in neighbouring countries like Poland and co.
In a statement the council said:
“the Russian Federation ceases to be a member of the Council of Europe as from today.”
After the meeting, members of the council stripped down the Russian flog and took it away to end their membership. That marked the end of Russia’s incredible 26 years run with the body.
This has sparked a worldwide reaction with a majority of them in favour of the action.
Tiny Kox, the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, said the expulsion “was necessary, and I am glad we dared to do so.”
Kox said his organization “remains on the side of the victims of this unprovoked war of aggression by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, and all our thoughts are now with the Ukrainian people.”
Member nations also spoke out. “Russia’s actions alone have led to this outcome,” Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said. “We sincerely hope that Russia will one day return to the ideals of peace and democracy, and regain its membership.”
More so, the action was planned earlier the week by the assembly. The parliamentary initiated the process that will kick Russia out of the Human Rights body. Reacting to the development, Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister said that Russia had lost interest in the group and would had still left anyway even if the council haven’t done so.
The Russian broadcaster RBK accused NATO and EU countries of “abusing their majority in the council, eventually transforming it into a tool for anti-Russian policy.” Ukraine is also a member of the Council of Europe.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba immediately welcomed the decision, tweeting that there was “no place for Russia in European bodies as it wages a barbaric war of aggression against Ukraine and commits multiple war crimes.”
It was unclear what the extent of support was for the expulsion since the Committee of Ministers arrived at a “consensus” behind closed doors, making it impossible to have a full breakdown of votes.”
