‘Shoved aside’: Fiji set to lose top job on UN rights body in global power struggle

Country’s expected ascension to human rights council presidency is being challenged by a China-backed bid by Bahrain

For a small country in the South Pacific that joined the UN’s powerful human rights council for the first time in 2019, Fiji has made giant strides within the organisation: right to the very top ... almost.

By consensus, Fiji’s chief diplomat in Geneva, ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan, was set to assume the presidency of the council for 2021, a historic first not only for Fiji, but for a Pacific region consistently under-represented on the global stage.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/24/shoved-aside-fiji-set-to-lose-top-job-on-un-rights-body-in-global-power-struggle

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