United Nations elects Saudi Arabia to Women's Rights Commission- Fox News
Saudi Arabia was recently elected to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, provoking backlash from human rights organizations.
The Gulf state became the 45th country to sit on the UN panel tasked with promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women across the globe. UN Watch, a nongovernmental watchdog that monitors the United Nations, called the election "absurd."
Saudi Arabia was recently elected to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, provoking backlash from human rights organizations.
The Gulf state became the 45th country to sit on the UN panel tasked with promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women across the globe. UN Watch, a nongovernmental watchdog that monitors the United Nations, called the election "absurd."
"Every Saudi woman must have a male guardian who makes all critical
decisions on her behalf, controlling a woman's life from her birth until
death," Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, said in a
statement released Saturday. "Saudi Arabia also bans women from driving
cars."
"Electing Saudi Arabia to protect women's rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief," Neuer continued.
The election took place through a secret ballot during the UN's Economic and Social Council, the Hill reported. Neuer said at least five members of the European Union voted for the Saudis to serve four years on the commission.
- Father, this travesty once again shows that the UN is a bastion of sin and evil. We pray for You to intervene. We ask that every knee in the United Nations bow to You.
- "That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the Father." (Philippians 2:10,11)
"Electing Saudi Arabia to protect women's rights is like making an arsonist into the town fire chief," Neuer continued.
The election took place through a secret ballot during the UN's Economic and Social Council, the Hill reported. Neuer said at least five members of the European Union voted for the Saudis to serve four years on the commission.
- Father, this travesty once again shows that the UN is a bastion of sin and evil. We pray for You to intervene. We ask that every knee in the United Nations bow to You.
- "That at the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth, and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of the Father." (Philippians 2:10,11)
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