Reporting by Leon Saltiel. At the UN Human Rights Council today, Egypt as chair of the African group led informal consultations on its draft resolution
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, March 11, 2008 — The UN refused to publish a submission by a Geneva non-governmental organization detailing conflict of interest on the
The Ad Hoc Committee of the UN Human Rights Council on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards — a follow-up group to the 2001 Durban conference
In what may be a portent of things to come, Islamic accusations against the West dominated a UN session today dedicated to follow-up of the
The U.S. is up for review this week before the 18-member UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD), on February 21 and 22.
Geneva rights group welcomes today’s principled statement by Secretary Rice Geneva, February 14, 2008 — After South Africa’s President Thabo Mbeki announced that his country
UN Watch welcomed the new clarification issued today by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, in response to its Jan. 28, 2008 letter
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Jan. 23 — Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch, a Geneva monitoring organization, issued the following statement concerning the UN Human
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
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
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
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