The British Foreign Secretary Liz Trace told the UN Human Rights Council today that Russia was becoming a “global outcast” and urged countries to further isolate it in response to the invasion of Ukraine unleashed by Moscow last week.
Blaming the Russian president Vladimir Putin for breaches of rights on an “industrial scale”, he told the Council that Britain and its allies are “working to push the Putin regime harder, firmly gripping the vise.”
“I urge the states to condemn Russia’s heinous acts and to isolate it on the international stage,” she said.
THE Britainas well as the Russia, is a voting member of this 47-member UN forum. Although the Council’s decisions are not legally binding, they send a message of political significance and authorize investigations into violations, such as those sought by some members for possible war crimes in Ukraine.
In the same speech, the British Foreign Secretary He stressed that Putin “violates human rights on an industrial scale and the people will not tolerate it.” “Together, we have a moral duty to resist aggression – especially when it comes from members of this very Council,” he said.
Addressed to its representative Russia“Russia should be ashamed of being in this room,” he said.
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