Iraq was elected as chair of the "Disarmament and International Security" committee. This comes in spite of Iraq's enabling of Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias to commit countless abuses.
Qatar was elected as a vice chair of the "Social, Humanitarian & Cultural" committee, the Assembly's main body tasked with discussing humanitarian affairs and human rights. According to the U.S. State Department, Qatar's human rights record includes an "inability of citizens to choose their government in free and fair periodic elections, restriction of fundamental civil liberties, and denial of the rights of foreign workers," as well as "[l]egal, institutional, and cultural discrimination against women" and stateless persons.
Iran was elected to serve as a vice chair of the UN's "Administrative and Budgetary" committee. Iran has been rewarded with this position that oversees UN expenditures, despite spending its money sponsoring terror organizations, violating human rights, and developing ballistic missiles.
Other results of today's elections:
- Israel was elected as one of the 21 Vice Presidents of the General Assembly;
- Venezuela was elected as Vice Chair for the "Disarmament and International Security" Committee, despite chaos in its own streets and a government that uses arms against its citizens;
- Eritrea was elected as one of three Vice Chairs of the Committee charged with promoting human rights, though it is ranked by Freedom House in the lowest category for actually protecting human rights.
