On the 10th, the 78th United Nations General Assembly elected 15 members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, including China, to replace those whose terms will end at the end of this year. On October 10th, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, staff waited for representatives of member states to vote for members of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Xinhua News Agency (picture provided by the United Nations/photo by Loy Felipe) The elected members of the United Nations Human Rights Council this time are: Burundi, C ô te d'Ivoire, Ghana and Malawi in Africa; China, Indonesia, Japan, and Kuwait in the Asia Pacific region; Albania and Bulgaria in Eastern Europe; Brazil, Cuba, and the Dominican Republic in Latin America and the Caribbean; France and the Netherlands in Western Europe and other regions. Among them, China, C ô te d'Ivoire, Cuba, France, and Malawi are re elected. The newly elected 15 members will serve for a three-year term starting on January 1, 2024. This year, a total of 17 candidate countries are competing for 15 seats. Russia and Peru lost the election. This is the sixth time China has served as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, and it is one of the countries with the highest number of elections. China served as a member of the Human Rights Council from 2006 to 2012, 2014 to 2016, 2017 to 2019, and 2021 to 2023. This is the scene of the election of members of the United Nations Human Rights Council, filmed on October 10th at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The United Nations Human Rights Council was established in 2006 and its headquarters are located in Geneva, Switzerland. The Human Rights Council has a total of 47 seats, with 13 seats for each of the African and Asia Pacific regions, 8 seats for Latin America and the Caribbean, 6 seats for Eastern Europe, and 7 seats for Western Europe and other regions. The General Assembly elects approximately one-third of the members of the Human Rights Council each year, with a term of three years and one renewable term. After two consecutive terms, a one-year interval is required before seeking a new term. Members of the United Nations Human Rights Council are elected by secret ballot by the United Nations General Assembly, and candidate countries must obtain more than half of the votes of the member states in order to be elected. (New News Agency)