Iran NOT Granted Seat on UN Women Board

Iran NOT Granted Seat on UN Women Board
by Maryam Nayeb Yazdi
10-Nov-2010
 


Iran has NOT been granted a seat on the UN women board....but Saudi Arabia has; even though Shirin Ebadi has said that Saudi Arabia's abuse of women is worse than Iran's. So, what has this taught us? The decisions made by the United Nations are based on pressures and politics and not on the logic of human rights. 

Link to news: //www.rferl.org/content/Iran_Fails_To_Win_Seat_On_UN_Women_Board/2216704.html

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Perssimon

Good riddance to bad

by Perssimon on

Good riddance to bad rubbish!

 

-Whatever you can coceive of, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it! -- Goethe


G. Rahmanian

Didn't I Tell You?

by G. Rahmanian on

The whole UN is a worthless entity! Our dear president only likes New York!


MOOSIRvaPIAZ

Simorgh

by MOOSIRvaPIAZ on

When a country as bad as Saudi Arabia gets a pass and Iran doesnt this gesture imidiately becomes  political and will not worth much. They are playing politics with an issue that is human rights based. Yes, we care for Iran first but this will not have the effect it could have had the UN been more honest in their election process.


G. Rahmanian

I Can Almost Hear

by G. Rahmanian on

our dear president say:أينا خودشون از ما خواستن بريم. ما كه از اولشم باين مزخرفات علاقه نداشتيم. اصلاً حقوق بشر مال خره


G. Rahmanian

Also

by G. Rahmanian on

سنك بزرك علامت نزدنه It would be wonderful to have a world body full of intelligent people, but for the time being, as isolated as nations are, let's concentrate onour own problems. If the criticism of Saudi Arabia's human rights issues had been addressed in a separate contex and not as a counter-argument for Iran's failure to win a seat, I would have appreciated it better.


Cost-of-Progress

that's right mehrdad

by Cost-of-Progress on

Yet another reason to keep the anti nationalist islamist thugs in power in iran. 

If you keep them scared, they'll buy more of your weapons...... 

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IRAN FIRST

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Bavafa

Well, don't forget that US needs to keep SA happy

by Bavafa on

Afterall, we are going to seel $60B worth of man-killing machine to them. 

Only one word comes to mind, disgrace

Mehrdad


Hoshang Targol

Does anyone recall that fire incident in a Saudi Arabian girls'

by Hoshang Targol on

school with the girls running for their lives and the 'moral' police preventing them from escaping the fire, shutting the door on them and preventing them from exiting the school, because they had no proper coverage of their body and faces! behejab.

Wonder which one is worse: being stoned to death ( Islamic Republic) or being burned alive ( Saudi Arabia)?

Yes, Ms. Yazdi, it all depends on the balance of forces: if a community  is  well organized and has a healthy alliance with  like-mided individuals, organizations and net-works,  practically nothing is impossible!

Simorgh: AN INJURY TO ONE, IS AN INJURY TO ALL


G. Rahmanian

Dear Ms. Nayeb:

by G. Rahmanian on

As Iranians please let's focus on the harsher realities of life for women in Iran.For the last three decades the murderous regime in Tehran has used other issues such as liberating Jerusalem to consolidate its grip on power and perpetuate its oppressive existence!!! This is a great victory for Iranian women.Let's celebrate this victory and not spoil it by distracting our attention fromthe problems at hand!


divaneh

You are too harsh on Saudis

by divaneh on

I think they deserve it because they have made good progress in improving on women rights in their country. For example, women may not be able to drive in Saudi Arabia, but they are now allowed to sit in the car as passengers and it is no longer mandatory to put them in the boot.


Simorgh5555

Oh, shut up Ebadi. All I

by Simorgh5555 on

Oh, shut up Ebadi. All I care about is women being tortured in Iran for the time being. Let the Arabs sort their own problems out and we sort ours.