"Why didn't someone stop this!"
-The only person who could have stopped this.
That is the brief synopsis of what happened when US Ambassador Samantha Powers took to Twitter to cry her outrage at the electing of the Islamic Republic of Iran and more than a dozen other repressive regimes to top committees charged with protecting women’s rights and overseeing the work of human rights organizations."Yet again #Iran ran unopposed & was "elected" to Commission on Status of Women. Given record on women's & human rights, this is an outrage."
-Samantha Powers via Twitter 4/24/2014
There were 11 vacancies to fill on the CSW, and each of the five regional groups put forward “closed slates” – the same number of candidates as there were vacancies available for that group.
Even so, had just one member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) objected to Iran’s candidacy, a secret ballot vote would then have been called. And had Iran not received the required minimum 28 votes, that would have allowed another member state from Iran's regional group, Asia, to step in as an alternative.
Her outrage is completely justified given Iran's long and checkered history in Woman's Rights, but who is Samantha powers upset at? I doubt too many people that follow her on Twitter would have had a say in the affairs of the UN.
Well, it turns out, Samantha Powers had an opportunity to speak up, and did not.
Even so, had just one member of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) objected to Iran’s candidacy, a secret ballot vote would then have been called. And had Iran not received the required minimum 28 votes, that would have allowed another member state from Iran's regional group, Asia, to step in as an alternative.
Yet neither the U.S. nor any other member of ECOSOC objected. Other democracies on the council include 13 European nations, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, South Korea and India.
I don't know where the official scoreboard is being kept at, but I do believe the tally of Iranian victories in making the US look foolish (as easy as this administration seems to be making it) and garnering international credibility seems to be very much in their favor as of late. Let's check in on the recents events involving US Iranian Relations;
And now this story gives me a quick tally of Iran:2, US:-2.
As you can see, it's less about what they are doing right and more about what we are doing that is wrong.
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