Human Rights
Saudi women’s tales horrify UN
Members of Saudi delegation MONTREAL GAZETTE Friday, January 18, 2008 STEVEN EDWARDS Canwest News Service Members of a United Nations women’s rights panel sat aghast
January 20, 2008
Human Rights
Human Rights
Saudi women’s tales horrify UN
Members of Saudi delegation MONTREAL GAZETTE Friday, January 18, 2008 STEVEN EDWARDS Canwest News Service Members of a United Nations women’s rights panel sat aghast
January 20, 2008
Human Rights
UN Watch Challenges Saudi Arabian Testimony to UN Women’s Rights Panel
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Jan. 17 — UN Watch expressed disappointment that Saudi Arabia today used its first appearance before a UN expert panel on women’s
January 17, 2008
Durban
U.S. votes against U.N. millions for Libyan-led “anti-racism” parley
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and her UN envoy, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, won plaudits for casting the sole opposing vote on a UN budget
December 24, 2007
Human Rights
Darfur Victim Delivers UN Watch Speech to Human Rights Council
“We do not need more reports. We need action.” Click for Video Geneva, Dec. 12, 2007 — UN experts reported yesterday to the Human Rights Council
December 12, 2007
Human Rights
Islamic bid to amend UN religious intolerance resolution
Islamic states are challenging the draft text of the annual UN resolution on religious intolerance, demanding that deference to religion be allowed to trump freedom of
December 7, 2007
Human Rights
Israel approves Palestinian-run ambulances in Jerusalem
Last-minute Israeli approval to the operation of Palestinian ambulance teams in Arab-populated areas of eastern Jerusalem prevented a rocky conclusion to an international Red Cross
November 30, 2007
Human Rights
Arab states at Red Cross conference seek to censure Israel and Magen David Adom
At the 30th International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent now underway in Geneva, the Arab states are seeking to condemn Israel for
November 27, 2007
Human Rights
Red Cross course for Gaza hooded terrorists: Israeli “targets they can attack”
The International Committee of the Red Cross is now teaching terrorist groups in Gaza about the finer points of international humanitarian law, which concerns the
November 26, 2007
Human Rights
Red Cross course for Gaza hooded terrorists: Israeli “targets they can attack”
The International Committee of the Red Cross is now teaching terrorist groups in Gaza about the finer points of international humanitarian law, which concerns the
November 26, 2007
Hillel Neuer
UN Watch Urges Special Session on Pakistan, Calls for Release of UN Expert Asma Jahangir
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Nov. 8 — In a statement issued today in Geneva, UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer called for a special session of
November 8, 2007
Durban
Libyan Head of “Durban II” Anti-Racism Conference to Address General Assembly
Guess who’s coming to town? The Libyans, of course. Fresh from his uncontested victory at the Security Council (see our previous blog), Colonel Qaddafi will be smiling
October 20, 2007