UN picks Saudi Arabia to lead women’s rights forum despite ‘abysmal’ record - eviltoast
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      7 months ago

      Getting Saudi Arabia to sign a commitment to human rights and take part in a women’s rights forum opens them up to political pressure that would not otherwise exist.

      The powerful nations will never let the UN be a supernational police agency. That doesn’t mean it has no value.