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Russia Accuses UN Human Rights Council of Pro-Western Bias

Lisa Schlein

   GENEVA - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov decried what he terms
   the "double standards" employed at the U.N. Human Rights Council in
   favor of Western democratic values, at the expense of what he calls the
   legitimate sovereign rights of nations that do not fall within the
   Western orbit.

   Lavrov did not hide his disdain Tuesday at the so-called
   country-specific resolutions adopted by the Council, saying the
   resolutions had become an increasingly popular pretext to interfere in
   the internal affairs of sovereign states.

   The Russian foreign minister criticized the imposition of unilateral
   sanctions often used by Western countries to topple governments.

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