INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Afghanistan, South Korea and Venezuela lost their bids on Tuesday to serve three-year terms on the UN Human Rights Council.With nearly all
the 193-member states voting in the General Assembly, Algeria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Chile, Costa Rica, Georgia, Germany, Kyrgyzstan,
Maldives, Morocco, Romania, South Africa, Sudan, and Vietnam were voted onto the 47-member Geneva-based rights body.Afghanistan lost its bid
to join the council, receiving just 12 votes.Since the takeover by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), the country&s UN seat is still
in the hands of the previous government, largely because no country has officially recognized the IEA leadership.The post Afghanistan, South
Korea, Venezuela lose bids for UNHCR seats first appeared on Ariana News.
