Saudi Arabia: Human Rights

(asked on 10th June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the UK offered support to Saudi Arabia for the process of that country being elected to the UN Human Rights Council.


Answered by
Tobias Ellwood Portrait
Tobias Ellwood
This question was answered on 15th June 2016

Saudi Arabia was the only candidate put forward by the Asian Group for this seat in the UN's Human Rights Council. So while the UK never publicises how it votes, this was not a contested election and the UK's vote was immaterial.

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