Unnamed Democracies Voted Saudi Arabia onto UN’s Top Gender Equality Body
By Patrick Goodenough | April 24, 2017 | 4:22 AM EDT
(CNSNews.com) – When an influential U.N. commission last week voted to fill 13 vacancies on the top U.N. body dealing with gender equality and the advancement of women, 47 out of 54 countries agreed that Saudi Arabia deserved a slot from 2018-2022.
Under the cover of a secret ballot, only seven countries voting at the U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) meeting in New York on Wednesday did not write Saudi Arabia’s name down on their ballot papers.
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