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Saudi Arabia elected to UN women's rights commission
Saudi Arabia was elected to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.
The addition of the Gulf nation was first flagged by UN Watch, a nongovernmental body that monitors the United Nations. The Commission on the Status of Women’s main mission is to assess the challenges to reaching gender inequality, according to the U.N. website.
The organization’s executive director slammed the election, which occurred in a secret vote during the U.N.’s Economic and Social Council.
More WTFery at: http://thehill.com/policy/international/un-treaties/330149-saudi-arabia-elected-to-un-womens-right-commission
The addition of the Gulf nation was first flagged by UN Watch, a nongovernmental body that monitors the United Nations. The Commission on the Status of Women’s main mission is to assess the challenges to reaching gender inequality, according to the U.N. website.
The organization’s executive director slammed the election, which occurred in a secret vote during the U.N.’s Economic and Social Council.
More WTFery at: http://thehill.com/policy/international/un-treaties/330149-saudi-arabia-elected-to-un-womens-right-commission
It's stuff like this that's gonna drive the Onion out of business.
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