Russia has expressed its opposition to a US plan to hold a high-profile debate on human rights during its presidency of the UN Security Council. Russian charge d'affaires at the UN, Petr Iliichev said the Human Rights Council, and not the Security Council, is the venue for such discussions. He said just a general statement that international peace and security are threatened by human rights violations is not true. U-S Ambassador Nikki Haley wanted to schedule the human rights debate for April 18. However, the 15-member council has adopted a program of work for the month without putting the debate on its agenda.
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