9 minutes agoIran excluded from UN Women's Rights Commission
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(3 years ago)United Nations member states have removed Iran from a key UN group for women's rights several months after joining it. This comes as Iran faces a wave of ongoing protests caused by the death of a young girl in custody who was arrested for holding [...]
Twenty-nine members of the UN Economic and Social Council voted Wednesday in favour of a resolution proposed by the United States to immediately withdraw the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Women's Commission for Status for its remaining 2022-2026. ”
Eight member states voted against the resolution and 16 abstained. Addressing the council Wednesday, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Grenfield said that “Women and activists have appealed to us, United Nations, for support”Report CNN.
They made their request loud and clear: remove Iran from the Women's Status Commission. The reason is clear. The commission is the UN's main body for promoting gender equality and empowering women. She can't do her important job if she's being mined from the inside.
Iran's membership at the moment is an ugly stain on the credibility of the Commission,” added Thomas-Grenfield. Iran condemned the US resolution, calling it a <x1-currency illegal” and said it weakened the rule of law in the United Nations.
Iran's Ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, Amir Saeed Irvani, said the resolution to remove Iran was built on “groundless claims and arguments made using false Narrativa”, according to the state news agency IRNA on Wednesday.
Iran had just begun its four-year mandate at the 45-member Women's Status Commission, which was established to protect gender equality globally after being elected to this body in April. In recent months, the country has been plagued by massive protests caused by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Ammini, who died after being banned in Tehran by a police unit that applies strict dress codes for women. /abcnews. al
