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US VICE PRESIDENT Kamala Harris vowed today that the United States would work to remove Iran from a UN body on women’s rights as she saluted the “bravery” of women-led protests against the clerical state.
Harris said that the United States would work with other nations to oust Iran from the UN Commission on the Status of Women, whose members are elected to four-year terms.
“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,” Harris said in a statement.
“Iran’s very presence discredits the integrity of its membership and the work to advance its mandate,” she said.
Iran is witnessing some of the most significant protests since the 1979 Islamic Revolution in the wake of the 16 September death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old who had been detained by the notorious “morality police” that enforces strict codes on women’s dress.
“To all of those protesting I say again, we see you and we hear you. I am inspired by your bravery, as are people around the world,” Harris said.
The United States and European allies have imposed a series of sanctions on Iran over the protests and worked to help restore internet access disrupted by authorities.
Nations on the women’s commission are elected by the UN Economic and Social Council, whose members in turn are voted on by the General Assembly.
Iran, ruled by Shiite Muslim clerics, was elected to a term that ends in 2026. The United States is serving through next year.
Other nations on the body include Afghanistan although the country is not represented at the United Nations by the Taliban, who stormed back to power last year and have banned women from government jobs and forbidden secondary education for girls.
Harris announced the diplomatic effort ahead of an informal UN Security Council session led by the United States and Albania.
Iran’s envoy to the United Nations, Amir Saied Iravani, called the meeting a “flagrant violation” into the country’s domestic affairs and denounced US sanctions against his country.
“It has become a standard practice for the US to abuse such valued concepts as human rights and manipulate the UN platforms and resources to advance its ill-based political agenda,”
Iravani said that Iranians had a right to expression but that protests “should not lead to violence and destruction, chaos or instability.”
But the session heard from Iranian activists who urged a firm line in support of protesters.
Shirin Ebadi, a Nobel Peace Prize-winning Iranian rights lawyer now living in exile, pointed to the jailing of reporters who exposed Amini’s case, saying the state considered “journalism a publishable crime.”
“The people of Iran ask Western governments, especially the United States, to refrain from entering into any type of agreements that will help the survival of the regime,” she said, amid a deadlock in diplomacy to restore a 2015 nuclear accord.
“The Islamic Republic does not spend the funds for the welfare of the people but, on the contrary, buys more weapons,” she said.
The actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi rejected the “myth” that a compulsory headscarf was part of Iranian culture and should be respected.
“You don’t need to subjugate people into observing cultural norms,” she said.
“Where schoolgirls are defying a lifetime of indoctrination by rising up in classrooms and people are taking to the streets in the tens of thousands to protest something despite the risk of death at the hands of the authorities, you can safely assume that’s not part of their culture.”
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That’s right, now hand it over to KPMG.
Irish Nationwide’s fine auditors.
So that they can shred all the dodgy paperwork.
Thats the scary part..they just put KPMG in charge of whats left of Anglo who is currently after Quinn. Talk about a recipe for Disaster. while I don’t have any love for Quinn or the quinn group did not journalist go and ask quinn what he thought of prom night or is he rubbing his hands together Mr Burns style…excellent….
The fox is in charge of the hen house. Surely kpmg are being investigated for for possible criminal practice, never mind civil actions for the apparent incompetent manner in which the audited the books, and they have now been given control of, not just the evidence, but decisions to further civil actions.
We need to look at the possibility of corruption here, incompetence is unbelievable.
I can actually smell the bullshit gloating down my broadband line Michael ,
Nobody believes a word U say
Even if its true theyll be sorted with another job in a week or two.
Sean
I presume the “Michael” you were referring to is Mr Noonan and your point is that he is somehow pleased that the CEO of the IBRC is to receive only Statutory redundance levels. What sort of sense is there in that comment ?
500 grand a year he was on …he won’t go hungry.
Given that they squandered hundreds of millions of our money, they should be behind bars instead of Paul Begley.
With Paul Begley I would think
Yeh but statutory minimum could half a million p.a. With a hefty pension
If you believe he gets two weeks pay off then Im daffy duck.
Such Bull. I suppose you will be calling for all redundant workers to get the statutory minimumnext
What are you on about. My point is his statutory minimum will be far higher than you or i.
Les
Goodbye and hello Daffy!
The piece outlines that the statutory amount is capped at €600 per week, meaning his statutory minimum termination payment is €3,600.
As regards his statutory notice period: Aynsley has been working at IBRC since 2008, meaning he is entitled only to two weeks’ notice (or pay in lieu of his notice) of termination. This would work out at around €19,200.
Diseased Snake Pit.
The Decaying, Pestilence Ridden, Stinking, Zombie, Corpse Of Anglo and Irish Nationwide.
Thanks to our “Fine Governments” This €55 Billion Stink Will Remain With Us For a Half A Century if Not Longer.
Europuppet Stoogeens!!
@ Les
Its capped at 600 per week at 2 weeks per year of service. This is the law. They will not be paid anymore.
Fully aware what it is Orion. But with such a state this countries in and the fact there’s something New everyday, it wouldn’t surprise ye if they got a massive pay off.
What the piece fails to mention is that while Noonan is spinning it as these senior managers will get the same as the other staff..2 weeks per year and patting himself on the back the reality is that the 600+ normal workers who were not on stupid salaries over 100k and were promised 4 weeks per year if they stayed until IBRC was wound down are only getting 2 weeks instead of the promised 4 that was agreed. So they will lose out more than any of these managers, while the figures look huge for the managers the publics perception is great stuff no big pay-offs for the fat cats, the reality is no little pay-offs for the innocent everyday staff.
Severance pay???
This €55 Billion Filth Hole should have been allowed to go bust from day 1.
There are Millions people in our country more deserving of this taxpayer money.
Id say Les you will be hugely dissapointed if they only get the minimum.
That’s what the law says, but what about his contract? We’ve seen all these dodgy contracts before. If he just gets statutory it will be an historic first.
Surprised yes disappointed no Sean.
@censored
It will not be a historic first as you put it. Evertime a company is put into liquidation everday in this country, then all employment contracts are void. There is no room for secret pay-offs or anything like that. The law is there, KPMG are hardly going to break the law at their own cost, are they?
Not at their own cost. I would love to see a committee of inspection put in place representing the creditors, to insure a fair winding up is carried out in the interest of the creditors.
The committee are paid by the creditors, and meet the receiver once a month to review his work and authorise expenditure, as well as having access to all his work
I bet his pension will be tweaked and fortified so that he doesn’t lose out, and with some quickly created add on special input accumulator processes he comes out on top.
Nice to see The Republic’s Biggest Mistake Ever coming to an abrupt end for the overpaid ‘top dogs’.
Fair play to Aynsley, he’s probably a decent guy and was hired into the moronic set-up.
I question Alan Dukes suitability as Chairman if he couldn’t see from the start that this was a doomed money train for a pointless purpose that could be wrapped up with the stroke of a pen.
I’m not convinced this was the right move by the goverment, ofc it was a popular move as shown but I can see this causing issues down the line, with court case’s againest some major players like Quinn ect in the works rocking the cradle like this could cause issues in the long run, vital info lost or something overlooked or misplaced. I know its sounds like a conspiracy theroy but time will tell, I could see the whole quinn fiasco blowing up in the goverments faces and guess who will have to repay everything back to quinn if its shown there was negligence in the state’s dealings with Quinn and company.
@ Derek Boyle, excellent point unfortunately. The individual in charge if the entire Quinn and other related litigation declined the offer of staying on as a consultant and immense knowledge is now lost. My primary concern is that this development greatly diminishes the prospect of partial recovery from the Quinns. From a litigation perspective, it was a less than ideal move.
There may be other costs and losses which will swallow up more than the eur 8 billion, not 20 billion saved and that is not to mention the danger of protracted deflationary consequences.
I remain unconvinced that this was a sensible and prudent move. Only time will tell but there are no winnings yet on this to be banked, if you will pardon that expression.
Good riddance to fat cats. They squandered hundreds of millions of OUR money following QUinn when the legitimacy of the debt has yet to be ruled on. And to think that all of this could have been avoided if the Quinn Proposal which would have saved thousands of jobs and paid the State 2.8billion euros, had not been inappropriately discarded. You could not make this up and its no wonder that Martina Devlin mixes up fact and fiction.
Peter, IBRC has control of Quinn assets and companies in the UK, Ireland, Poland, Turkey, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Sweden, Cyprus as well as some assets in Ukraine and Russia. In addition they have control of the Quinn Group and own 49% of Liberty Insurance. I am sure even IBRC can get a “partial” recovery with all these assets.
@ Tom, the new legislation is potentially vulnerable to three Constitutional law challenges and one procedural weakness. Add to this the fact that the leader of the recovery group has left. That loses a lot of legacy knowledge. I am partially reassurd that you are so confident and I truly hope that my apprehensions are misplaced. We will see.
i see rusty9 is STILL peddling the bullshit that the quinn proposal was “inappropriately discarded”….the facts admitted by Sean Quinn himself are that he had done wrong in handling funds in the insurance company and had to rightly step down as chairman of quinn insurance as a result….it is inconceivable that the state could then have agreed to allow him re take control , get significant additional funding given to the group and not pay intereest for 8 years on the promise that they could repay the 2bn due – which of course he now claims is not his debt anyway- but he was willing to repay it in FULL…..seriously you have got to stop peddling that nonsense….its just not credible.
We know what they are entitled to but what will they get?
Eric
They will get what the Minister and the Law permits. Are you suggesting that the administer is lying and will break the Law?
You might say that, but I could not possibly comment.
He might make a new law?
Kpmg told us , a short few days before the collapse, that’ll was ok in Nationwide, they should never have been appointed.
Interesting to see what these people are entitled to. Compare this with failed politicians who lose their seats or resign them. That’s ENTITLED.
Good point
yippee dippy doo dah… big swinging meeehaul..! are we sposed to be consoled by that michael noonan??
I think you’ll find he was answering a question so I don’t he gave much consideration to your need for consolation…
it was rhetorical on my behalf ciaran
Sounds like there’ll soon be a new highest earning portner in KPMG.
I want to see the people who corruptly/criminally ran Anglo and Irish Nationwide in Jail,
along with Denis Casey and Gillian Bowler from PTSB and all the other Schiesters in PTSB, BOI, AIB, EBS.
I want to see the bosses from Ulster Bank and all the other foreign banks prosecuted and jailed for their acts of financial terrorism against the Irish People.
Then this private debt from these private criminal organizations must be written off.
Do yess not believe the minister
Of course they will
Am i the only person who believes that the fat cats in Anglo should recieve no payment for been made redundant.It was only a few weeks ago that the chairman defended the high wages of staff in the bank as they were winding down the bank annd were in his words the only group of employees that were making themselves redundant,So why should we the tax payer have to now stump up a redundancy package for people who were earing obscene wages in a bankrupt bank that we paid to rescue and who knew that they were eventually making themself redundant….
Fair enough Michael ….but what will super Mario say ?
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