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Vote on the appointment of the Independent Expert
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- India abstained at the vote for extending the mandate of an important U.N. official who reports on violence and discrimination against sexual minorities.
- This Resolution aimed to grant an extension of three years to the Independent Expert to carry on reporting on incidents of violence against the LGBTQ community all over the world.
- The resolution received support from most of the member countries at the Human Rights Council.
- but India, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameron, Congo, Hungary, Togo and Senegal abstained during the final voting.
- Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, China, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Qatar, Somalia opposed the resolution.
- India had also abstained during the 2016 vote on appointment of the Independent Expert.
- The current Independent Expert is Victor Madrigal Borlioz of Costa Rica.
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