Jordan to replace Saudis on UN council
Source: Associated Press
Jordan will replace Saudi Arabia on the Security Council for a two-year term starting in January after the Saudis' unprecedented rejection of the seat hours after they were elected, a U.N. diplomat said Thursday.
The diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity because the deal was made privately, said Jordan's U.N. Ambassador Prince Zeid al Hussein was flying to Amman on Thursday night to discuss Jordan's new role on the U.N.'s most powerful body.
Earlier this week, Jordan dropped its bid for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, leaving Saudi Arabia a clear path in the now uncontested election next Tuesday.
Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, a Geneva-based human rights organization, said: "It is appalling that seats on the world's top human rights body are being traded like merchandise, treated as trinkets by non-democracies."
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