The government is refusing to say if it voted for Saudi Arabia to join a high-ranking UN committee on women’s rights.
The Department of Foreign Affairs says Ireland’s decisions on UN appointments are normally done by secret ballot.
But the refusal to reveal Ireland’s vote for the UN Commission on the Status of Women has led to anger from the opposition.
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Fianna Fail’s Darragh O’Brien says the state must reveal how it voted.
