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Defend America on Friday, April 30, 2010 6:38:37 PM
U.S. Mum During Iran Vote to U.N. Women's Commission
FOXNews.com
High
off its success in keeping Iran from getting on the U.N.'s Human Rights
Council, the U.S. appears to have missed its opportunity to object to
Iran's selection to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, making
no gesture of disapproval during an acclamation vote this week
affirming the Islamic Republican's appointment to the 45-nation group.
A senior official with the U.S. Mission to the U.N. told FoxNews.com
that the United States was powerless to stop the selection because Iran
faced no competition -- a scenario that Iran took advantage of in the
2005 election too.
Iran was one of only two nations that put forward candidates to fill
two empty seats for the Asian bloc for the 2011-2015 period during a
round of "elections" in which no real votes were cast. The other nation
was Thailand.
"Yes, the U.S. government was aware this was a possibility," said
the senior official, who requested anonymity because the agency is not
publicly commenting on it. "Procedurally, there was no blocking this."
As at most such commissions in the U.N., backroom deals determined who would gain new seats at the women's rights body.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/30/stayed-mum-iran-vote-womens-commission/