Iran removed from U.N. women’s rights body after protest crackdown
India has abstained from voting to remove Iran from a United Nations women’s commission over the crackdown on anti-hijab protests. Although 16 countries abstained from voting, including India, Iran was ousted as 29 countries voted in favour of the resolution.
Iran was pulled out of a United Nations women’s organisation on Wednesday for policies that violate the rights of women and children, a measure advocated by the US in response to Tehran’s brutal crackdown on protests prompted by the death of a young woman in custody.
The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) endorsed a resolution proposed by the United States to “remove the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women for the duration of its 2022–2026 term.”
The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told ECOSOC before the vote that removing Iran was the correct thing to do, describing Tehran’s membership as an “ugly stain on the commission’s credibility.” Iran’s UN Ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, branded the US move illegal and referred to the US as a bully.
The 45-member Commission on the Status of Women meets yearly in March to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment.
In a letter to ECOSOC on Monday, Iran, 17 other states, and the Palestinians argued that a vote “will undoubtedly create an unwelcome precedent that will ultimately prevent other Member States with different cultures, customs, and traditions… from contributing to the activities of such commissions.”
Only five of the letter’s signatories are current ECOSOC members and were allowed to vote on Wednesday.
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