Today’s talking point

April 27, 2021

AT LEAST four Western democracies voted to elect Iran to the United Nations women’s rights commission, according to UN Watch. The secret ballot leaves us surmising which the countries were.

AS this tweeter observed, electing Ayatollah Khamenei’s Islamic Republic of Iran to protect women’s rights is like making an arsonist the town’s fire chief.

I know some of you don't believe me that the U.N. actually elected the Islamic Republic of Iran yesterday to its top women's rights body, so here's the video: https://t.co/43ckGoMrcR pic.twitter.com/zkuzME9R6N
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) April 21, 2021

What exactly is the UN’s definition of women’s rights – a relative, multicultural one rather the universal one? And doesn’t that contradict its one of its fundamental purposes – of promoting social progress and human rights?

Feel free to discuss this or anything else on your mind.

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