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U.N. Elects Iran to Commission on Women's Rights

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KyleK Who, me? Staff Member

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Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat on the influential human rights body to a theocratic state in which stoning is enshrined in law and lashings are required for women judged "immodest."

Just days after Iran abandoned a high-profile bid for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council, it began a covert campaign to claim a seat on the Commission on the Status of Women, which is "dedicated exclusively to gender equality and advancement of women," according to its website.

Buried 2,000 words deep in a U.N. press release distributed Wednesday on the filling of "vacancies in subsidiary bodies," was the stark announcement: Iran, along with representatives from 10 other nations, was "elected by acclamation," meaning that no open vote was requested or required by any member states — including the United States.
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WTF? To me it just shows the true stripes of the UN and how utterly useless they really are. How in the hell do you elect a country (without a vote) to a commission on women's rights that by law stones women and lashes them for being prudish, I mean not modest? :huh:

KyleK, Apr 29, 2010

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TheDude I'm calmer than you.

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KyleK said: ↑

How in the hell do you elect a country (without a vote) to a commission on women's rights that by law stones women and lashes them for being prudish, I mean not modest? :huh:
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It's called being "progressive". :thumb:

TheDude, Apr 29, 2010

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i guess the un doesnt read tf, or they would know how bass-ackwards that is!

http://www.tigerforums.com/roundtab...women-cause-earthquakes-iran-cleric-says.html

OkieTigerTK, Apr 29, 2010

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Any organization with that many voting members cannot agree on anything and so are ruled by byzantine rules and bureaucracies. The entire UN didn't actually "elect" Iran. Iran got on this commission apparently because Asia gets two seats and only two Asian countries applied for it.

From the same FoxNews article:

Though it touts itself as "the principal global policy-making body" on women's rights, the makeup of the commission is mostly determined by geography and its membership is a hodge-podge of some human rights advocates (including the U.S., Japan, and Germany) and other nations with stark histories of rights violations.

The number of seats on the commission is based on the number of countries in a region, no matter how small their populations or how scant their respect for rights. The commission is currently made up of 13 members from Africa, 11 from Asia, nine from Latin America and the Caribbean, eight from Western Europe and North America, and four from Eastern Europe.

During this round of "elections," which were not competitive and in which no real votes were cast, two seats opened up for the Asian bloc for the 2011-2015 period. Only two nations put forward candidates to fill empty spots — Iran and Thailand. As at most such commissions in the U.N., backroom deals determined who would gain new seats at the women's rights body.
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red55, Apr 30, 2010

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WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LSUMASTERMIND, Apr 30, 2010

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OkieTiger_KATT said: ↑

i guess the un doesnt read tf, or they would know how bass-ackwards that is!

http://www.tigerforums.com/roundtable/97613-promiscuous-women-cause-earthquakes-iran-cleric-says.html
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I knew it was something else besides global warming:rofl:

Chase4LSU, Apr 30, 2010

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better than saudi arabia or pakistan.

gumborue, Apr 30, 2010

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It's no coincidence cough*obama*cough that the US delegation did not object.

SabanFan, Apr 30, 2010

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LSUMASTERMIND said: ↑

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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that sums it up pretty well.

gumborue said: ↑

better than saudi arabia or pakistan.
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i dont know. saudi and pakistan are horrendous in their treatment of women, but i think we just dont hear as much about iran in the way they treat women. what reading i have done on the subject, it is getting worse in regards to the treatment and rights of women.

i have a book, that i cant find right now and cant remember the name, that explores the treatment of women in the different middle eastern countries. iran is becoming more and more hard line in their treatment of women, much the same as saudi arabia.

OkieTigerTK, Apr 30, 2010

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red55 said: ↑

Any organization with that many voting members cannot agree on anything and so are ruled by byzantine rules and bureaucracies. The entire UN didn't actually "elect" Iran. Iran got on this commission apparently because Asia gets two seats and only two Asian countries applied for it.

From the same FoxNews article:
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It is harder to politicize an issue when all the relevant facts are at the top.

LSUsupaFan, Apr 30, 2010

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