The UN General Assembly elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council
But in this, Peru and Russia failed to secure a seat.
China, Côte d’Ivoire, Cuba, France, and Malawi were re-elected for their second terms.
UNHRC was created in 2006 and consists of 47 member States.
Its seats are distributed among regional groups of States as follows, from Africa (13); Asia-Pacific (13); Eastern European (6); Latin American and Caribbean (8); and Western European and others (7).