Armenia was elected to the UN Human Rights Council

17 October, 2019

On October 17 in New York at the elections held in the UN General Assembly Armenia was elected to the Human Rights Council for the term of 2020-2022.

Armenia was among three countries who presented their candidacies for the two vacant seats allocated to the Group of Eastern European Countries (along with Poland and Moldova).

Following the secret ballot Armenia was elected in the first round of voting by receiving 144 votes (Poland - 124 votes, Moldova - 103 votes). The required majority for being elected was 97 votes.

Armenia’s election to the Human Rights Council, by a significant majority of votes, is a strong testimony to the recognition by the international community of its democratic transformation and substantial progress in terms of protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

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