Waar gaat de UN naar toe, de overheersing door moslimlanden wordt extreem duidelijk. Nu hebben ze Saudi-Arabië hoofd gemaakt van de commissie die instaat voor de promotie van vrouwenrechten over heel de wereld. Een land waar vrouwen wettelijk al zeer weinig gelijke rechten hebben, laat staan in de praktijk.
Saudi-Arabië komt in de plaats van Bangladesh, die ging normaal gezien die plaats eerst innemen. Nog zo’n moslim land waar vrouwen niet bepaald gelijke rechten hebben. Op die manier wordt de UN echt wel een slechte klucht.
UN picks Saudi Arabia to lead women’s rights forum despite ‘abysmal’ record
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...hts-commission
The Saudi ambassador to the UN, Abdulaziz Alwasil, was elected as chair of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), by “acclamation” on Wednesday, as there were no rival candidates and no dissent at the CSW’s annual meeting in New York.
Normally a country holds the chair for two years, but the Philippines was put under pressure from other members of the Asia group to split its tenure and pass the post on to another country after one year. Bangladesh was expected to take over but late in the process, Saudi Arabia stepped in and lobbied for the chair, in what is widely seen as an attempt to burnish the kingdom’s image.
Human rights groups quickly pointed to the irony of the CSW being led by a country in which the gap between men’s and women’s rights, even on paper, is so wide.
Sherine Tadros, the head of the New York office of Amnesty International, pointed out that Saudi Arabia will be in the chair next year, on the 30th anniversary of the Beijing declaration, a landmark blueprint for advancing women’s rights globally.
“Whoever is in the chair, which is now Saudi Arabia, is in a key position to influence the planning, the decisions, the taking stock, and looking ahead, in a critical year for the commission,” Tadros said. “Saudi Arabia is now at the helm, but Saudi Arabia’s own record on women’s rights is abysmal, and a far cry from the mandate of the commission.”