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2025-07-14 04:09:27 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: ADCDAA8AED2A41610731280C502B3272B55DD5ACB7F1F9D74536A082D4848097
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Original Note:
1. Saudi Arabia has been authorised to chair a forum on women's rights, even though the country is regularly accused of violating them. https://unwatch.org/outrage-as-saudi-arabia-chairs-u-n-womens-rights-commission/ https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/03/saudi-arabia-to-be-appointed-chair-uns-gender-equality-forum-amid-ongoing-assault-on-womens-rights/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/27/saudi-arabia-un-womens-rights-commission 2. On 7 October 2023, UN Women didn’t explicitly condemn the sexual violence suffered by Israeli women and was slow to do so. https://youngkim.house.gov/2023/12/01/uproar-mounts-over-un-womens-failure-to-single-out-hamas-for-its-sexual-crimes-against-israeli-civilians/ https://youngkim.house.gov/2023/12/01/bipartisan-group-of-lawmakers-urges-un-women-to-condemn-hamas-oct-7-attack/ https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/after-8-weeks-un-women-condemns-hamas-for-oct-7-onslaught-expresses-alarm-over-accounts-of-sexual-assault/
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