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  The GCC Secretary-General congratulates the Kingdom of Bahrain for being elected as a member of the Human Rights Council

GCC – Riyadh

The Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid al-Zayani, congratulates His Majesty the king of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the government, and the people, for electing the Kingdom of Bahrain as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council for the period from 2019 to 2021.

In a statement to Bahrain News Agency (BNA), the Secretary-General affirmed that this deserved election reflects the appreciation of the international community for the Kingdom of Bahrain and its full confidence in the Kingdom's wise leadership in promoting human rights and the implementation of international human rights instruments and recognizing the Kingdom's remarkable achievements in promoting human rights principles, and the measures and steps it took to safeguard those rights and preserve the dignity of both the citizen and the resident.