BREAKING: For the first time in history the United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on #Iran. We are demanding the creation of an international Commission of Inquiry, and a formal call to expel the Islamic Republic from the UN’s top women’s rights body.
First, I commend German Foreign Minister @abaerbock for leading more than 40 countries to initiate this international assembly, which will take place here in Geneva on November 24th. /2
Second, I want to thank everyone worldwide who spoke out & took action to make this happen, including @NazaninAJ & Ahmad Batebi @radiojibi for coming here 13 years ago to be the first to demand a special session; @nazaninboniadi & @gissounia for their vital activism at the UN; /3
to @kavehshahrooz for articulating the democratic future of Iran and destroying the lies of NIAC; and to @AlinejadMasih for being the brilliant, heroic and inspiring human rights voice of our time.
On this day in 1975: “The United States rises to declare before the General Assembly of the United Nations, and before the world, that it does not acknowledge, it will not abide by, it will never acquiesce in this infamous act.”
Ambassador Patrick Moynihan on “Zionism is Racism”
“A great evil has been loosed upon the world. The abomination of antisemitism has been given the appearance of international sanction, as this year’s Nobel Peace Laureate Andrei Sakharov observed in Moscow just a few days ago.” /2
“The General Assembly today grants symbolic amnesty—and more—to the murderers of the 6 million European Jews. Evil enough in itself, but more ominous by far is the realization that now presses upon us—the realization that if there were no GA, this could never have happened.” /3
BREAKING: After powerful remarks by @NazaninBoniadi, the U.S. announces before the United Nations that it will lead the effort to finally expel the Islamic Republic of Iran from the U.N. Women’s Rights Commission. #MahsaAmini
UN Watch was the first to expose the obscene election of the Iranian regime in April 2021: unwatch.org/un-elects-iran…
We mobilized a global outcry with lawmakers demanding answers and challenging their foreign ministries in the Dutch, Canadian British and Norwegian parliaments, with questions also asked in France, Germany and Switzerland. unwatch.org/firestorm-afte…
.@VP on expelling #Iran regime from @UN_CSW: “The United States believes that no nation that systematically abuses the rights of women and girls should play a role in any international or United Nations body charged with protecting these very same rights.” /1
“The UN Commission on the Status of Women and its members are charged with “promoting women’s rights” and addressing “urgent problems requiring immediate attention in the field of women’s rights.” /2
“Iran has demonstrated through its denial of women’s rights and brutal crackdown on its own people that it is unfit to serve on this Commission; Iran’s very presence discredits the integrity of its membership and the work to advance its mandate.” /3
⚡️ Good News: If our resolution to expel the Islamic Regime of Iran from the UN Women's Rights Commission is introduced today, we estimate it will pass by an overwhelming majority — with approximately 28 voting in favor, 11 against, and 15 abstaining. unwatch.org/un-resolution-…
All we need now is for one of these countries to have the courage to introduce our resolution: unwatch.org/resolution-to-…
We estimate 28 Yes votes: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Botswana, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Guatemala, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liberia, Montenegro, New Zealand, Panama, Peru, Portugal, South Korea, UK, USA
4 or more of these voted #Iran's regime to the UN Women's Rights Commission:
🇦🇺 Australia
🇦🇹 Austria
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🇫🇮 Finland
🇫🇷 France
🇩🇪 Germany
🇱🇻 Latvia
🇱🇺 Luxembourg
🇳🇱 Netherlands
🇳🇴 Norway
🇨🇭 Switzerland
🇬🇧 UK
🇵🇹 Portugal
Can't they now take the lead to undo this obscenity?
Thankfully, our campaign to expel Iran's regime has new momentum:
✅Canada's Parliament supports us:
.@StateDeptSpox responds to our draft UN resolution: “#Iran’s membership on the UN Commission on Women is contemptible—outrageous.” The US is “going to look at proposals to effect that outcome, a close look at ideas, and we’ll lend our support where it’s appropriate for us.”
Q: “There are growing calls for Iran to be expelled from the UN Women's Rights Commission. A NGO in Switzerland that advises ECOSOC [UN Watch] has drawn up a draft resolution & presented it to Secretary Blinken, to present to the council. Any thoughts?” unwatch.org/u-s-opposes-ir… /2
“We’ve made our position on this very clear. Iran’s membership on the UN Commission on Women is contemptible. It is beyond inappropriate. It is outrageous. We’ve always been clear that some of the worst human rights abusers sit on certain UN commissions.” /3