Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, has said that his country’s principal stance is to maintain “constructive cooperation” with the United Nations (UN) Human Rights system despite facing political pressure from the United States (US).
Nasser Kanaani said that Iran continues to take part in
efforts to advocate human rights across the world. His comments came in
response to an inquiry from IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) about the
appointment of Iran's UN ambassador Ali Bahraini to the chair of the UN Human
Rights Council 2023 Social Forum.
Vaclav Balek, the president of the Human Rights Council,
announced that Iranian ambassador Ali Bahraini will serve as chair of the
Geneva Human Rights Forum in 2023. Later on, UN Watch launched a petition to
the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to cancel the appointment of Ali
Bahraini. The UN Watch also urged United States Secretary of State Antony
Blinken to condemn the appointment of Ali Bahraini. UN Watch said that his
appointment was “an insult to the tens of thousands of victims beaten,
brutalised, tortured, raped and murdered by this regime.” Some American
officials also opposed the appointment of Ali Bahraini.
Nasser Kanaani condemned them. The Iranian official
reportedly said that their comments were absurd. He said that the US officials
should respect the appointment of Ali Bahraini to the Human Rights Council.
Ali Bahreini, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s ambassador and
permanent representative to the UN office in Geneva, received the receipt of a
nomination from regional coordinators to chair the UN Human Rights Council 2023
Social Forum.
The Human Rights Council’s Social Forum is set to take place in Geneva, a city in Switzerland, on November 2 and 3. The goal of the forum is to focus on the contribution of science, technology, and innovation to the promotion of human rights across the world
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