I will admit that I tend to highlight some stories which herald left-wing politics as superior and poke fun at gaffes perpetrated by the right.

However,  the National Post and Fox News are reporting an unusual decision which has been completely wiped off the media map: The UN has appointed Iran to the Women’s Rights Commission!

Documents from the Economic and Social Council meeting show the decision for Iran to become a member of this commission:

Next, the Council elected 11 new members to fill an equal number of vacancies on the Commission on the Status of Women for four-year terms beginning at the first meeting of the Commission’s fifty-sixth session in 2011 and expiring at the close of its fifty-ninth session in 2015.  The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia and Zimbabwe were elected from the Group of African States; Iran and Thailand were elected from the Group of Asian States; Estonia and Georgia were elected from the Group of Eastern European States; Jamaica was elected from the Group of Latin American and Caribbean States; and Belgium, Netherlands and Spain were elected from the Group of Western European and Other States.

The news organizations are calling-out the UN on this decision and I think this time the ‘right’ may be on to something. I am not concerned necessarily with political affiliation but after an Iranian cleric early last week declared that promiscuous women cause earthquakes it seems a bit ridiculous to have a country where this ideology exists to be elected to a body which promotes the rights of women.

Is it possible this move may in fact transition Iran as it ushers into an era of equality? I hardly think so but I am willing to listen to anyone who can somehow justify this.

Is this a masquerade designed to give Iran the false identity of a country which promotes equality? We shall see.

Not surprisingly, there is an uproar over this decision and it will be interesting to see how much media attention this decision receives over the next few weeks, if any.

Needless to say, I am somewhat startled – not only by this decision but by a lack of supposedly credible news organizations catching wind of this story.

- Riaz Sidi

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