A woman walks after the morality police shut down in a street in Tehran, Iran December 6, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERSA woman walks after the morality police shut down in a street in Tehran, Iran December 6, 2022. Majid Asgaripour/WANA via REUTERS
The 54-member U.N. Economic and Social Council will vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution to “remove with immediate effect the Islamic Republic of Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women for the remainder of its 2022-2026 term.” Iran, 17 other states and the Palestinians argued in a letter to ECOSOC on Monday that a vote “will undoubtedly create an unwelcome precedent that will ultimately prevent other Member States with different cultures, customs and traditions … from contributing to the activities of such Commissions.”
Only five of the signatories to the letter are currently ECOSOC members and able to vote on Wednesday.
Regime change at all costs