Overview
- ECOSOC nominated Iran to the Committee for Program and Coordination, which helps set UN policy on human rights, women’s rights, disarmament and counterterrorism.
- In the same session, members elected China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia and Sudan to the UN’s NGO Committee, which oversees which groups gain UN accreditation and entry.
- The decisions passed by acclamation without a recorded vote, a practice the General Assembly usually affirms without balloting.
- The United States alone disassociated from the consensus, as Ambassador Dan Negrea said several of the governments were unfit for the posts.
- Watchdogs and roughly 70 civil society groups warned the new lineup could steer accreditation away from independent rights groups toward state‑backed fronts.