(Aljazeera) - The United Nations General Assembly will vote on Thursday, April 7, 2022, on a western project to suspend Russia from the UN Human Rights Council due to reports of “gross and systematic violations of human rights” by Russian forces in Ukraine.

While the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) expects this war to last "for months and even years", the Donetsk separatist forces declared the end of fighting in the center of Mariupol.

Western diplomats are confident that they have enough support among the General Assembly's 193 members to adopt the proposed resolution to suspend Moscow.