This is who the UN elected to the forum. As for the commission position going to Iran that is hardly surprising given that they have a lot of other smaller states who are likely to support them as a voting bloc.
Re: Was Iran elected to the U.N. Commission on Women's Rights?
This is who the UN elected to the forum. As for the commission position going to Iran that is hardly surprising given that they have a lot of other smaller states who are likely to support them as a voting bloc.
Last edited by CountArach; 04-30-2010 at 06:57.
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Originally Posted by Leon Blum - For All Mankind
Re: Was Iran elected to the U.N. Commission on Women's Rights?
Indeed, this is hardly surprising at all for the UN. Pathetic, disgraceful, sad...? Sure, but not surprising.
Re: Was Iran elected to the U.N. Commission on Women's Rights?
I'll also point out that the above woman elected on Iran's behalf was on the commission in the past, meaning that she has experience. The commission she was a part of had some incredibly progressive findings, even by western standards. She was also US-educated, and thus exposed to western liberalism.
Trying to make anything out of this story is utterly ridiculous.
EDIT: Though I do want to make this absolutely clear - I loathe Iran's stances on women's issues, I just think that this particular story is a bit of a waste of time.
Last edited by CountArach; 04-30-2010 at 07:33.
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Re: Was Iran elected to the U.N. Commission on Women's Rights?
Women's rights activists seem to disagree.
Re: Was Iran elected to the U.N. Commission on Women's Rights?
I guess they wanted balance between countries who recognize women as equal and those who legalize stoning for 'immoral' behavior. We wouldn't want to discriminate or somehow imply one culture is more worthy than another.
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Re: Was Iran elected to the U.N. Commission on Women's Rights?
Sounds like the same reasoning that got Charlie Wilson on the House Ethics Committee. Wilson told then-speaker O'Neill that he didn't have anyone on the committee who liked women and whisky and shouldn't that view be represented as well?
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Re: Was Iran elected to the U.N. Commission on Women's Rights?
What do all these committees do anyway? On the wiki page it says the women's rights campaign succeeded in getting gender neutral language put in the declaration of human rights. What else?
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And they are welcome to that opinion, I just think that some there are other battles that are more worth fighting.
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Re: Was Iran elected to the U.N. Commission on Women's Rights?
Countries without a poor track record on issues can't be bothered wasting the political capital to get elected. Only the countries that are concerned about getting a poor image go for the places.
So, expect China, Burma and Sudan on the Human Right's Panel
Saudi Arabia to investigate Alternate Energy and Women's Rights.
Afghanistan and Nigeria to be on the Commission on reducing corruption.
Japan on the Whale Fishing Board.
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Re: Was Iran elected to the U.N. Commission on Women's Rights?
UN human rights commissions are like the Nobel peace price if you look at the country's in it, this wouldn' surprise at all.
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