Notably, the resolution received 29 votes in favour, 8 including Russia and China against it, while 16 countries abstained from voting including India.
UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has called on the Chinese Govt to immediately investigate all allegations of human rights violations against Muslims in Xinjiang.
China has consistently defended Pakistani terrorists in the United Nations. This is the fourth time in the past several months that Beijing has placed a hold on proposals to declare Pakistan-based terrorists under the 1267 Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee regime.