The United Nations chose Saudi Arabia to advance women's rights — even Cynical Me is left groping for words

© 2017 Peter Free

 

26 April 2017

 

 

Background — what is the Commission on the Status of Women?

 

The Commission on the Status of Women is a daughter body to the United Nations' 54 member Economic and Social Council.

 

The Commission describes itself as "the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women."

 

 

The "OMG"

 

The 54 member Council just elected women-repressing Saudi Arabia to the Commission.

 

 

Yes, that's right

 

Saudi Arabia:

 

proud enslaver of as many women as it can get its kingly hands on,

 

deep-pocketed friend to murderous Wahhabist terrorists everywhere,

 

and (not coincidentally)

 

the United States' best friend forever —

 

has been elected for the (apparently pretend) purpose of gender-equalization worldwide.

 

 

The UN kept the vote secret

 

The United States did manage to retain some self-respect by forcing a vote, contrary to the customary process of acclamation.

 

But the vote was secret. Which defeats imposing accountability:

 

 

[M]ath tells us that at least 15 of the following democratic member states of the U.N. Economic and Social Council voted to elect Saudi Arabia to the U.N.’s women’s rights commission:

 

Andorra

Argentina

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Czech Republic

Estonia

France

Germany

India

Ireland

Italy

Japan

Norway

Republic of Korea

South Africa

Spain

Sweden

UK

USA

 

© 2017 UN Watch, No Joke: U.N. Elects Saudi Arabia to Women’s Rights Commission, For 2018-2022 Term, unwatch.org (22 April 2017)

 

 

The moral? — It is often difficult to detect what the United Nations is good for

 

Certainly not rationally principled, non-hypocritical behavior.