China re-elected to UN Human Rights Council

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Source: CCTV.com | 05-13-2009 09:27

China has been re-elected to the 47-member UN Human Rights Council for a three-year term.

The 63rd session of the 83rd Planary meeting of the UN  General Assembly is held at the UN headquarters in New  York, the U.S. May 12, 2009. Eighteen UN members were  elected to the UN Human Rights Council during the meeting  on Tuesday. China won 167 favorable votes from the 191  member states present, winning another three-year term  in the Council from 2009 to 2012. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)

The re-election was part of a poll to decide 18 members of the UN human rights body at the 63rd session of the UN General Assembly. In a secret ballot, China won 167 votes from the 191 member states present, securing another three-year term from 2009 to 2012.

A spokesman for the Chinese Permanent Mission to the UN said China has made remarkable progress in the field of human rights. He said China has fulfilled pledges and commitments made during its last campaign for membership of the Council.