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Russia, contesting elections to four U.N. committees, loses all

Russia, contesting elections to four U.N. committees, lost all of them, including one to Ukraine, a verdict being seen as Moscow’s isolation on the global stage.

Elections were held in the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Wednesday to fill various vacancies in subsidiary and related bodies.