Iran voted out from UN Commission on the Status of Women

On Wednesday, December 14, the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) performed voting to oust Iran from its Commission on Status of Women (CSW). 

This comes after the 54-member ECOSOC adopted a US-drafted decision that known as for the elimination of Iran with “immediate effect”. This is the primary time {that a} member nation of the CSW has been eliminated. 

This decision was co-sponsored by Australia, Albania, Canada, Guatemala, Israel, Liberia, New Zealand, North Macedonia, and the UK and Northern Ireland.

Before the voting, US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield took to Twitter and stated that eradicating Iran from CSW is the “right thing to do at the right time.”

We should take away Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women.

This is the precise factor to do on the proper time.

— Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield (@USAmbUN) December 14, 2022

Ahead of the vote, Greenfield known as Iran’s membership within the premiere UN physique an “ugly stain on Commission’s credibility.” She added, “CSW cannot do its important work if it is being undermined from within. Iran’s membership at this moment is an ugly stain on the Commission’s credibility.”

Notably, the decision acquired 29 votes in favour, 8 together with Russia and China towards it, whereas 16 nations abstained from voting, together with India.

Image through UN CSW web site

After the vote, Greenfield tweeted, “UN member states just voted to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women. Iranian women and activists called on us to do this and today we got it done.”

NEWS: UN Member States simply voted to take away Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women.

Iranian ladies and activists known as on us to do that – and at this time, we obtained it executed.

— Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield (@USAmbUN) December 14, 2022

Notably, Iran began a four-year time period on the fee in April this yr and have become a member of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (Ecosoc) in 2016 after acquiring the mandatory votes on the United Nations General Assembly.

The US decision towards Iran got here in response to Iran’s brutal crackdown on peaceable protesters who took to the streets in September following the dying of a 22-year-old lady named Mahsa Amini detained by Iran’s morality police.

Ever because the protests started, a whole lot have been killed, 1000’s detained and 11 dying sentences dominated to this point. Women everywhere in the world have expressed their solidarity with Iranian ladies. Iran’s authoritarian regime has now began executing protestors publicly. In current weeks, two such execution instances have been reported. One Mohsin Shekari was executed final week whereas one other Majidreza Rahnavard was hanged in Mashhad for ‘waging war against Allah.’

Iran condemns decision 

Before the vote, Iran’s ambassador, Amir Saeid Jalil Iravani, acknowledged that the nation “categorically rejected and strongly condemned” the decision’s draft. Iravani accused the US of utilizing its “longstanding hostility toward the Iranian people” to take away Iran from the fee underneath the guise of human rights. He additionally accused the US of trying to topple Iran’s authorities.