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The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday suspended Libya's membership in the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council in response to its killing of pro-democracy protesters, dpa reported.
The 65th session of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday adopted a resolution to suspend the rights of membership of Libya in the UN Human Rights Council, Xinhua reported.
The 192-member General Assembly adopted the resolution by consensus.
The General Assembly "decides to suspend the rights of membership in the Human Rights Council of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya," the resolution said.
By adopting the resolution, the General Assembly approved an unprecedented membership suspension in the Human Rights Council, which was set up nearly five years ago.
The resolution also expressed "deep concern about the human rights situation" in Libya, which has been a member of the Human Rights Council since May 2010.
The Human Rights Council last Friday adopted a resolution calling on the UN General Assembly to consider suspending Libya's right to membership in the Geneva-based rights forum. The resolution was made at the council's special session on the Libya situation, during which participating members unanimously agreed to send an independent investigation team to Libya.
