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Statement by UN Watch Item 10 General Debate UNHRC 32nd Session, 30 June 2016 Delivered by Mr. David Lando Thank you, Mr. President. UN Watch
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UN Watch Statement Panel on Women’s Rights Human Rights Council, 32nd Session, 15 June, 2016 Delivered by Ms. Nian Hu Thank you, Mr. President. In
GENEVA, June 16, 2016 — UN Watch welcomed the new finding by a UN commission of inquiry that ISIS is committing genocide against Yazidis (see UN
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PRESS RELEASE — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GENEVA, June 8, 2016 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental human rights organization, today called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
In his meeting today with the Chinese foreign minister (see UN readout below), Ban Ki-moon failed to mention any United Nations concern at all with
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