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Sri Lankan envoy lashes out at Western colonizers
Monday, 25 May 2009, 12:43 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, May 24, 2009 — Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch today expressed "serious disappointment" today over a "toothless" resolution on Sri Lanka being circulated by Switzerland and other Western states in advance of Tuesday's U.N. Human Rights ... More >>
"Don't Let Foxes Guard the Chickens"
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 12:41 pm | UN Watch
New York, May 6, 2009 — More than a third of the countries vying for seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council have dismal human rights records that should disqualify them from membership, according to a new report from Freedom House and ... More >>
Gaza Inquiry to Denounce Biased Mandate
Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 12:37 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, May 5, 2009 — Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based monitoring group UN Watch, issued the following statement today in advance of a meeting with NGOs and members of the UN Gaza inquiry mission: More >>
Iran interrupts UN Watch speech
Friday, 24 April 2009, 5:20 pm | UN Watch
In a moment that will encapsulate the disappointment of many human rights activists attending the Durban 2 conference, Iran's delegate interrupted UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer for daring to mention this week's testimony by Iranian torture ... More >>
Multicultural Gathering on Racism and Persecution
Wednesday, 22 April 2009, 6:31 pm | UN Watch
On April 22, 2009, in middle of a U.N. conference racism and intolerance, a diverse coalition of non-governmental organizations, including Jewish, Christian and multicultural groups, will join hands to speak out on what they see as dire threats of racism, ... More >>
UN Watch Applauds Dutch FM’s Call on EU Ministers
Friday, 13 March 2009, 10:51 am | UN Watch
Geneva, March 12, 2009 — UN Watch applauded Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen for announcing that this Monday he will call on European Union states to withdraw from the Durban II conference, or else withdraw unilaterally. More >>
Hillary Clinton urged to protest nomination
Saturday, 7 March 2009, 3:13 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, March 6, 2009 — When they meet in Geneva today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should urge Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey to withdraw her government’s nomination to the U.N. of Jean Ziegler, a former Swiss politician ... More >>
Hilary Clinton Urged To Make Protest
Friday, 6 March 2009, 11:16 am | UN Watch
GENEVA, March 5, 2009 — When they meet in Geneva tomorrow, U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton should urge Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey to withdraw her government’s nomination to the U.N. of Jean Ziegler, a former Swiss politician ... More >>
Meeting On Financial Crisis Is Waste
Saturday, 21 February 2009, 3:25 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, February 20, 2009 — The United Nations Human Rights Council special session today on the financial crisis is a waste of the organization’s precious time, resources, and moral capital, said a human rights watchdog group. More >>
U.N. Delegates Laud China for Death Denalty
Tuesday, 10 February 2009, 12:06 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, February 9, 2009 — Delegates to a U.N. meeting today on China's human rights record praised Beijing for practicing the death penalty, imposing internet censorship, and for being a "moral and ethical country." More >>
UN Chief Urged to Denounce Holocaust Denial
Saturday, 24 January 2009, 1:32 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, January 23, 2009 — UN Watch, an independent non-govermental organization headquartered in Geneva, today called on UN chief Ban Ki-moon and human rights high commissioner Navi Pillay to condemn Iran's "shocking endorsement of Holocaust ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Urged to Fight Distortions
Tuesday, 20 January 2009, 5:08 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, January 19, 2009 — As diplomats gathered in Geneva to draft the outcome declaration for the U.N.'s upcoming world conference on racism, UN Watch, an independent non-govermental organization headquartered in Geneva, called on UN chief Ban Ki-moon ... More >>
21st Condemnation Of Israel
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 10:03 am | UN Watch
Geneva, January 12, 2009 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental organization that monitors the world body's actions on human rights, criticized today's U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on the Hamas-Israel war, saying its failure to mention ... More >>
UN Criticised For Hamas-Israel Resolution
Sunday, 11 January 2009, 1:47 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, January 5, 2009 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental organization that monitors the United Nations, criticized a U.N. Human Rights Council resolution on the Hamas-Israel war that excludes mention of Hamas, including its firing of 10,000 ... More >>
On 60th Anniversary, UN Rights System "in Crisis"
Thursday, 11 December 2008, 1:40 pm | UN Watch
Click here for new report: Eleanor's Dream United Nations, December 10, 2008 — The Executive Director of UN Watch said today that, for proponents of human rights worldwide, the commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration ... More >>
UN Watch Slams 'Toothless' Resolution on Congo
Tuesday, 2 December 2008, 10:28 am | UN Watch
Geneva, December 1, 2008 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based human rights monitoring group, slammed an African-sponsored resolution on Congo that praises the Kinshasa government -- whose troops stand accused of mass rape, murder and other atrocities -- for its ... More >>
To HRC: Apologize for Scrapping Congo Monitor
Thursday, 27 November 2008, 10:35 am | UN Watch
Geneva, November 26, 2008 — UN Watch welcomed the announcement of a UN Human Rights Council emergency session on the worsening situation in eastern Congo, to be held Friday, and urged the 47-nation body to reinstate the independent monitor that it ... More >>
UN Bans "Defamation of Religion"
Tuesday, 25 November 2008, 11:03 am | UN Watch
Geneva, November 24, 2008 — By a vote of 85 to 50, with 42 abstaining, the UN General Assembly today adopted a draft resolution calling on all countries to alter their legal and constitutional systems to prevent "defamation of religions," asserting ... More >>
UN Rights Chief Knocks West for Walk-Out Threat
Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 10:07 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, Sept. 8, 2008 — After new UN rights chief Navanethem Pillay addressed the 47-nation Human Rights Council for the first time today, independent human rights organization UN Watch praised her “inspiring life example as an anti-apartheid ... More >>
UN Expert's Support of 9/11 Conspiracy Theorists
Tuesday, 17 June 2008, 8:58 pm | UN Watch
What credibility [do] you expect your reports to have when newspapers... are commenting on your support for 9/11 conspiracy theories ... "that no plane hit the Pentagon," and that "the World Trade Center was brought down by a controlled demolition"? More >>
