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Dissident confronts Putin's justice minister
Saturday, 22 September 2018, 10:36 am | UN Watch
GENEVA, September 21, 2018 — Russian justice minister Alexander Konovalov was confronted in a UN debate today by one of his country's most prominent dissidents. More >>
New UN Human Rights Chief Has Spotty Record
Saturday, 11 August 2018, 11:45 am | UN Watch
New UN Human Rights Chief Has Spotty Record On Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua; Watchdog Expresses 'Serious Concerns' More >>
Nominee for UN Rights Chief Has Problematic Record
Thursday, 9 August 2018, 11:30 am | UN Watch
Nominee for UN Rights Chief Has Problematic Record On Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua; Watchdog Expresses 'Serious Concerns' More >>
Report: UN Ignored Antisemitism for Decade
Thursday, 12 July 2018, 9:53 am | UN Watch
GENEVA, July 11, 2018 — UN agencies, officials and experts tasked with combating racism have failed over the past decade to act or even speak out against global hatred, incitement and violence against Jews, according to a major new report submitted today ... More >>
U.S. calls on Syria to 'stand down' from UN forum
Saturday, 26 May 2018, 11:47 am | UN Watch
U.S. calls on Syria to 'stand down' from presidency of UN disarmament forum, asks Russia for help More >>
British Officer to Address UN Urgent Session
Sunday, 20 May 2018, 2:03 pm | UN Watch
Col. Richard Kemp now at UN Human Rights Council in Geneva GENEVA, May 18, 2018 -- The former commander of British forces in Afghanistan, coming from a field visit and report at the Gaza front line, is about to testify before the emergency UN session ... More >>
Syria to chair UN disarmament forum on chemical weapons
Tuesday, 10 April 2018, 9:53 am | UN Watch
Syria to chair UN disarmament forum on chemical weapons; watchdog urges US-EU walk-out More >>
U.N. elects Syria to post fighting “subjugation of peoples"
Friday, 23 February 2018, 1:17 pm | UN Watch
U.N. elects Syria to top post fighting “subjugation of peoples” GENEVA, February 23, 2018 — A UN watchdog group is criticizing UN chief Antonio Guterres for his blessings delivered Thursday before an anachronistic UN committee charged with “decolonizing” ... More >>
Venezuela, Iran, Russia, Scrutinized at Geneva Summit
Wednesday, 21 February 2018, 12:47 pm | UN Watch
Dissidents spotlight abuses in Russia, Iran, Cuba, Turkey, Zimbabwe China, Pakistan, Congo, North Korea, Venezuela, Vietnam GENEVA, Feb. 20, 2018 - Venezuela, Russia, and Iran came under special scrutiny today in Geneva, seat of the U.N human rights ... More >>
UN Watch Condemns Venezuela Arrest of 85-year-old Activist
Saturday, 3 February 2018, 12:53 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, February 2, 2018 – UN Watch, a Geneva-based monitoring group, condemned Venezuela for arresting an 85-year-old activist in the middle of last night, taken from his home in Caracas at 3:00 a.m. by security forces. More >>
The Top 10 Most Evil U.N. Actions of 2017
Wednesday, 27 December 2017, 5:03 pm | UN Watch
10. Denied Venezuelan Hunger: In the first-ever U.N. visit to Venezuela, Alfred de Zayas, the U.N. Human Rights Council's Cuban-backed "Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order," posted propaganda ... More >>
Qatar Bid for VP of UNHRC Council Stymied by Arab Rivals
Tuesday, 5 December 2017, 9:26 am | UN Watch
GENEVA, December 4, 2017 – Monitoring group UN Watch has learned that Qatar submitted a bid to become vice-president of the UN Human Rights Council, but its Gulf Arab rivals are blocking the nomination, forcing Asian states to choose another country, ... More >>
UN Rights Official in Blackface is ‘Racist & Offensive’
Saturday, 2 December 2017, 1:51 pm | UN Watch
Geneva, December 1, 2017 – The non-governmental human rights group UN Watch today called on UN chief Antonio Guterres and human rights commissioner Zeid to take action over the latest offensive actions by UNHRC expert Alfred de Zayas. Letter below. ... More >>
UN Should Condemn ‘Fake Investigation’ of Venezuela Record
Friday, 1 December 2017, 9:29 am | UN Watch
November 30, 2017 – UN Watch today called on UN chief Antonio Guterres, human rights commissioner Zeid, and U.S. ambassador Nikki Haley to condemn a “fake investigation” of Venezuela's human rights record by a UN human rights council official known as ... More >>
US Should Deport Rutgers Professor Who Abetted Genocide
Tuesday, 7 November 2017, 9:52 am | UN Watch
Geneva, Nov. 6, 2017 – An international human rights group today called on Rutgers University to fire Mazen Adi, a professor on war crimes law, on grounds that as a Syrian diplomat and legal advisor he justified the war crimes of the genocidal Assad ... More >>
U.N. health agency names tyrant Mugabe 'goodwill ambassador'
Saturday, 21 October 2017, 1:16 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, October 19, 2017 – The non-governmental human rights group UN Watch expressed “grave disappointment” at the U.N. health body's appointment of Zimbabwe's dictator as a goodwill ambassador on health, even as his policies have devastated Zimbabwe's ... More >>
UNESCO Denies Biblical Christian & Jewish Heritage
Saturday, 8 July 2017, 2:10 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, July 7, 2017 – UN Watch, an independent non-governmental organization based in Geneva, condemned the “cynical, divisive, and politicized hijacking of UNESCO’s mission to protect world cultural heritage” by Arab states, after the ... More >>
Under Syrian Pressure, WHO Hid Positive Report on Israel
Saturday, 27 May 2017, 2:24 pm | UN Watch
Exclusive: Under Syrian Pressure, U.N.'s WHO Hid Positive Report on Israel, Adopts Censure 14 EU states condemn WHO failure to publish report "in strongest terms" More >>
UN Watch Condemns Election of Dictators to the UNHRC
Saturday, 29 October 2016, 9:24 pm | UN Watch
"China, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Rwanda elected " Credibility of UN Rights Council at stake," says UN Watch * Major blow: Failure of Russia to get elected More >>
UNHRC to confirm nominees of Egyptian-led panel
Saturday, 9 July 2016, 8:03 pm | UN Watch
GENEVA, July 8, 2016 — A representative of the Egyptian regime of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has replaced the delegate of Saudi Arabia as chair of the UN Human Rights Council panel which nominates global investigators, which this week will include ... More >>
