Tunisia becomes member of United Nations committee for human rights

Tunisia has become a member of the United Nations Human Rights Committee's board of directors for four years. The Tunisian candidate, Abu El-Fatah Omar, received 98 votes out of the 141 countries that signed the international pledge concerning civil and political rights.

Tunisia has a member on the committee for economic, social and cultural rights, the committee for ending discrimination against women, and the third committee of the general assembly for social, humanitarian and cultural affairs.