U.S. Mum During Iran Vote to U.N. Women's Commission -- FOX News.comHigh 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.
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My Comment: A Government that imposes sharia law on it's women .... whether they want it or not .... is a sad testimony to where the UN is today. Reason has the best commentary on this selection.
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