Iran Removed From UN Commission On The Status Of Women Over Crackdown On Protests

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : And for too long, for too often, this was not such an unusual thing in Iran," said Thomas-Greenfield.
41% :29 member states of the 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) voted in favor of the resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of its four-year term ending in 2026.
34% : The UN Human Rights Council last month had established a fact-finding mission to investigate alleged human rights violations in Iran, especially with respect to women and children, related to the violent crackdown on protestors.
33% : "The recent horrifying executions in Tehran only strengthen our resolve to expand this growing consensus and pursue all possible mechanisms of accountability against the Iranian regime and its officials responsible for these atrocities," said U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
20% : In a historic vote, a resolution was passed at the United Nations to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women in response to the Iranian regime's systemic repression of women and girls.

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