quote:Iran, where a woman convicted of adultery has been sentenced to death by stoning, is likely to become a member of the board of the new U.N. agency to promote equality for women, prompting outrage from the U.S. and human rights groups.
Some rights groups are also upset that Saudi Arabia, where women are not allowed to drive and are barred from many facilities used by men, is also vying to join the governing body of UN Women.
Maybe they can use Bob Dylan's old song "Everyone must get stoned" as their theme...maybe make a nice online video of what the UN is hoping for regarding women's rights...
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Well, there's that, and the fact that the US is on the Human Rights Commission.
The UN is basically a gigantic circle-jerk for governments, based on a decades-old world order. (See: Security Council.) There are definitely some parts of the organization that do some good. But sometimes it seems like most of the committees are either completely ineffective or ridiculously hypocritical.
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Yeah, the premise is sound but the lack of any moral charter makes it possible for countries like Iran or Cuba be on the Human Rights Council. Really, would it be impossible for there to be some oversight body that rates countries on behavior?
And yes, the U.S. would have to seriously answer to some of the torture and black-ops prisons revealed in the past several years.
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