Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 114366

Iran: Elections

Tabled: 20 February 2026
Answered: 26 February 2026

Question

Luke Akehurst

LabourNorth Durham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the UK objected to the recent election of Abbas Tajik of Iran as a Vice-Chair to the Bureau for the sixty-fifth session of the UN's Commission for Social Development.

Answer

Chris Elmore
Iran put forward the only candidate so there was no vote.