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UNOfficial Admits Publishing “Strongly Anti-Semitic” Cartoon
Friday, 8 July 2011, 5:03 pm | UN Watch
After the UN Human Rights Council’s Palestine expert denied and then admitted that he published a “strongly anti-Semitic” cartoon, UN Watch called on UN rights chief Navi Pillay to lead efforts to fire him. More >>
UN: US Calls on Richard Falk to Resign from Rights Council
Friday, 8 July 2011, 4:22 pm | UN Watch
UN Watch salutes the US government for echoing our call for an end to the UN service of Richard Falk, the UN Human Rights Council’s expert on Palestine, after his recent posting of a cartoon showing a bloodthirsty dog wearing a "USA" garment and a Jewish ... More >>
UN Rights Official Accused of Anti-Semitic Cartoon
Thursday, 7 July 2011, 4:40 pm | UN Watch
UN Watch, a Geneva-based monitoring group, today called on UN rights chief Navi Pillay to condemn the publication of an anti-semitic cartoon by Richard Falk, the UN Human Rights Council's expert on Palestine. More >>
N. Korea Must Resign From UN Disarmament Presidency
Friday, 1 July 2011, 4:43 pm | UN Watch
UN Watch thanked Canada today for being first in the world to answer its call on UN member states to protest North Korea’s presidency of a UN disarmament body. Click here for Canadian statement . More >>
UN names North Korea chair of arms control agency
Thursday, 30 June 2011, 2:58 pm | UN Watch
A Geneva-based human rights group today called on the US and the EU to strongly protest the U.N.’s appointment of North Korea as head of its Conference on Disarmament, a 65-member arms control forum. (For the official UN announcement, see " Democratic ... More >>
UN Defends Endorsement of Iran's "Anti-Terror" Conference
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 5:40 pm | UN Watch
After a UN spokesperson defended the world body's endorsement of Iran's "anti-terrorism" conference—which accused the US, Britain, and Israel of perpetrating terrorism, and asserted a cover-up concerning 9/11 and the Holocaust—UN Watch today called ... More >>
NGO Urges UN Chief to Retract Blessing for Iranian Conf
Sunday, 26 June 2011, 6:51 pm | UN Watch
PRESS RELEASE NGO Urges UN Chief to Retract Blessing for Cynical Iranian Conference on Terrorism June 25, 2011 For Immediate Release Contact: media1@unwatch.org GENEVA — A watchdog organization is calling on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to retract ... More >>
Rights Group Applauds UN Chief's Reelection
Wednesday, 22 June 2011, 3:04 pm | UN Watch
"UN Watch applauds the reelection of Ban Ki-moon, a principled leader who has advanced the cause of human rights in some of the world’s most troubled areas," said Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based watchdog organization, in a statement ... More >>
Despite Obama boycott, UN organizes Durban III racism summit
Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 5:06 pm | UN Watch
Two weeks after the Obama administration announced it would boycott the upcoming UN racism conference known as “Durban III,” the world body adopted a resolution today detailing the program and speakers for the September 22 event in New York, ... More >>
UN Watch slams election of Congo & Kuwait
Saturday, 21 May 2011, 2:24 pm | UN Watch
UN Watch slams election of Congo & Kuwait to UN rights council, hails defeat of Nicaragua Urges new members India, Indonesia, Philippines to improve stance on resolutions for victims For Immediate Release More >>
Rights groups oppose UN rights seats
Saturday, 21 May 2011, 2:21 pm | UN Watch
Rights groups oppose UN rights seats for Congo, Kuwait, Nicaragua; question India, Indonesia, Philippines, Burkina Faso For Immediate Release Contact: media1@unwatch.org UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer is inside the General Assembly hall following ... More >>
Groups oppose UN rights seats for Congo, Kuwait, Nicaragua
Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 12:08 pm | UN Watch
Three days before the UN chooses 15 new member states to its Human Rights Council, human rights groups today said Congo, Kuwait and Nicaragua failed to meet the membership criteria, while the qualifications of India, Indonesia, Philippines and Burkina Faso ... More >>
Shamed Assad pulls Syria out of UN race
Thursday, 12 May 2011, 9:35 am | UN Watch
A coalition of 25 human rights groups headed by the Geneva-based UN Watch cheered today's withdrawal by Syria of its candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. The Asian group is instead endorsing Kuwait, which will still need a minimum 97 votes ... More >>
Nations urged not to replace Syria with a "non-democracy"
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 9:35 am | UN Watch
UN Watch, a Geneva-based rights group that was the first to sound the alarm over Syria's bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, sent letters today to the UN ambassadors of India, Japan and South Korea, urging them to replace their endorsement ... More >>
UN Watch lauds UN condemnation of Syria
Saturday, 30 April 2011, 2:46 pm | UN Watch
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch lauds UN condemnation of Syria, regrets deletion of reference to Assad's cynical bid for UNHRC membership For Immediate Release Geneva, April 29, 2011 — UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer today congratulated the US government ... More >>
NGOs urge US to hold strong on UN text slamming Syria
Saturday, 30 April 2011, 2:40 pm | UN Watch
NGOs urge US to hold strong on UN text slamming Syria For Immediate Release Geneva, April 29, 2011 — UN Watch, the Geneva-based rights group that heads an international coalition opposing Syria's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council , strongly praised ... More >>
Rights groups urge UN to reject Syrian candidacy
Thursday, 28 April 2011, 9:55 am | UN Watch
An international coalition of 17 human rights groups, survivors of China's 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, and an Italian legislator today called on the UN Human Rights Council to use its urgent session on Syria's bloody crackdown this Friday to reject the Assad ... More >>
UN Human Rights Council urged to fire Qaddafi's officials
Wednesday, 6 April 2011, 9:37 am | UN Watch
GENEVA, April 5 -- An international coalition of 45 human rights groups today urged Ban Ki-moon and UN rights chief Navi Pillay to call on the UN Human Rights Council to fire two officials for their alleged actions over three decades to shield Libyan ... More >>
UN Watch’s 2011 Human Rights Award
Saturday, 2 April 2011, 9:02 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, April 1 -- UN Watch is proud to announce that Spanish journalist and human rights activist Pilar Rahola will be the 2011 recipient of the Geneva-based human rights group’s Morris B. Abram Human Rights Award. The prize honors the legacy ... More >>
UN Rights Council wrongly allows Kyrgyzstan to vote
Friday, 25 March 2011, 10:04 am | UN Watch
GENEVA, March 24 -- UN Watch, a Geneva-based group that monitors the UN’s adherence to its Charter, expressed surprise that Kyrgyzstan was allowed to vote today at the UN Human Rights Council. More >>
