Morocco won a vote on Wednesday to lead the United Nations Human Rights Council after a heated showdown with South Africa, which said Rabat’s human rights record made it unfit to preside over the body.
The Moroccan candidate, Ambassador Omar Zniber, received 30 votes, and his South African opponent, Ambassador Mxolisi Nkosi, secured 17 in a secret ballot in Geneva.
Prior to the vote, Nkosi told Reuters that Morocco was the “antithesis of what the council stands for” and said the country’s election would undermine the body’s credibility.
Source: Reuters