Money. I bet it’s money.
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2024
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Because they're the only country that applied for the post. That's a fact.
Maybe other countries then stayed out of the running to force the spotlight on Saudi Arabia? That's an opinion.
Why didn’t other countries apply? Is it a costly undertaking?
As I said, I'm guessing the other countries bowed out to let the Kingdom squirm.
"All right boys! You wanna talk gender equality? Go for it."
It's a game they didn't want to win. I love high-level diplomacy like this. Wild shit.
The rest of the countries are tired of women having rights, they brought Saudi in to shut it down without any guilt on their parts
same reason so many rural nowhere counties are run by idiot conservatives; no one else shows up.
Because it's a rotating thing and all kinds of unlikely countries get to preside over lots of committees at some point?
As it's the UN and all countries are theoretically the same?
Women will have equality under pain of death.