UN Watch Blog 6/4/2008 UN convenes “International Meeting on the Question of Palestine”
The UN opened its “International Meeting on the Question of Palestine” in Malta yesterday. Led by Paul Badji of Senegal, Chairman of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, the conference identified the "main obstacles" to peace.[more]
Urge the Security Council to rescind Iran's UN membership.
Issue 175 • May 21, 2008
Pakistan Wins Return to UN Rights Council, Sri Lanka Loses
Member states of the UN General Assembly failed to respect human rights standards today when 114 of them voted to reelect Pakistan to the Human Rights Council, and when 142 elected Bahrain. However, an intense campaign by UN Watch and other human rights organizations led to the defeat of Sri Lanka, which still managed to win 101 votes. Out of 19 candidates, 15 were chosen, with France
and the U.K. narrowly defeating Spain in the Western group.
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