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Thursday, April 29, 2010

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Inglis condemns United Nations decision: “Iran should be sanctioned, not rewarded”

Representative Bob Inglis (SC-4) issued the following statement in response to a United Nations announcement that it had elected Iran to a commission dedicated to women’s rights.:

“Iran has one of the world’s worst records in oppressing women and stifling the rights of its citizenry. The United Nations should be calling them to account, not making a mockery of its own institutions. Our representation in the U.N. was asleep at the wheel to allow this appointment without a vote. I call on our Ambassador to seek their immediate removal from the Commission.”

The U.N. announced in a press release that it had seated a representative from Iran on the Commission on the Status of Women, a group dedicated to the equality and advancement of women.

Inglis has signed on as an original co-sponsor to Rep. Thaddeus McCotter's resolution and has voted to enact harsh sanctions on the Iranian regime to stop them from obtaining nuclear weapons.