WATCH: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern calls for expulsion of Iran from UN women's rights body
WATCH: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern calls for expulsion of Iran from UN women's rights body
New Delhi: New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has called for the expulsion of Iran from the United Nations Women’s Rights Commission.
“It is not sustainable for a country that continues to so brutally attack the rights of women to belong to a pre-eminent global body dedicated to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment,” she said.
BREAKING: New Zealand PM calls to expel Iran from UN Women’s Rights Commission. “It is not sustainable for a country that continues to so brutally attack the rights of women to belong to a pre-eminent global body dedicated to promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment.” /1 pic.twitter.com/XQ2tNt8XOG
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) October 31, 2022
Notably, New Zealand sits on ECOSOC, the UN body with the power to remove Iran from the commission.
This is significant because
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