UN kicks Iran off top women's rights commission in US-led vote

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% :Booting Iran off the women's commission sends two messages, according to Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador to the UN.
52% :Iran was voted onto the commission in March 2022 through a regional quota system, according to the Times.
47% :"First is to the government of Iran that we will hold them accountable," she said.
40% : While its appointment was controversial from the beginning, many said that removing Iran would violate the UN's principles of cooperation, the Times reported.
38% : In a vote led by the U.S., Iran was kicked off of the UN's Commission on the Status of Women on Wednesday, the New York Times reported.
17% : Iran has been resoundingly voted out of its controversial seat on the top commission for women's rights at the United Nations, which had been widely criticized amid the Islamic Republic's violent crackdowns on protests that stem from its oppression of women.

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