Azerbaijani diplomat elected vice chairman of UN Council of Human Rights

Nigerian diplomat Martin Ukhomoibkhi, leading the Nigerian diplomatic mission in Geneva, was unanimously elected the chairman, replacing Romanian diplomat Doru Costea, elected chairman of the Human Rights Council in June of the last year.

Permanent representative of Azerbaijan under the UN Department and other international organizations in Geneva ambassador Elchin Amirbekov, was unanimously elected member of the bureau from Eastern European regional group, who will fulfill functions of the vice chairman and the rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council within a year.

Also permanent representatives of Canada, Philippines and Argentine were elected members of the bureau from their regional groups.

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