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On November 12, elections of the UN Human Rights Council will take place in the UN General Assembly.

There are 5 candidates for Asian countries group: Japan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea and United Arab Emirates.

The same situation is in a group of African states where 5 states run for 5 seats: Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya and Sierra Leone.

For the three places allotted to the Western European and other countries group Germany, USA, Sweden, Ireland and Greece will compete.

Two countries are nominated for two seats of Eastern countries group: Estonia and Montenegro.

Three countries are running for three places of Latin American countries group: Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela.

There are 47 members in the Council. Seats are distributed correspondingly: 6 seats for Eastern European countries, 13 seats for Asia and Africa, 8 for Latin America and 7 seats for Western European states, USA, Canada and Israel.

Each member of the Council is elected by the majority of the General Assembly members by direct secret vote. Human Rights Council members should maintain high standards of human rights protection.

Council members are elected for a 3-year term and cannot be reelected more than two times in a row.

According to the UN official website in 2012 powers of Bangladesh, Russian Federation, Belgium, China, Hungary, Djibouti, Jordan, Cameroon, Cuba, Kirgizia, Mauritius, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, the United States and Uruguay will end in the Human Rights Council.