
Election of Libya and Iran Taints New UN Racism Committee
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, August 27, 2007 — Libya was elected today to head a UN committee charged with organizing a series of international meetings on racism, leading

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, August 27, 2007 — Libya was elected today to head a UN committee charged with organizing a series of international meetings on racism, leading

When the alliance of fifty-six Islamic states complained to Ms. Arbour in 2005 about the cartoons in a Danish newspaper that they deemed blasphemous—and which

When the alliance of fifty-six Islamic states complained to Ms. Arbour in 2005 about the cartoons in a Danish newspaper that they deemed blasphemous—and which

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, June 21, 2007 — Libya today was designated head of an anti-racism panel of the United Nations Human Rights Council, to oversee two years of

PRESS RELEASE Iran, Saudi Arabia, Russia also among 15-member bureau Geneva, June 15, 2007 — Libya is the sole candidate for the post of Chair of

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, June 7, 2007 — UN Watch released new details (Click here or see below) confirming that the Bangladeshi government is blocking Ms. Sigma Huda, the

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, June 4, 2007 — A reform proposal released today by the UN’s top human rights body is a setback and a cause for alarm, while

Sunday’s New York Post featured the following book review by UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer. DEAF & DUMB ON DARFUR By HILLEL NEUER May

PRESS RELEASE Geneva, May 15, 2007 — Belarus and Egypt must release jailed opposition leaders, journalists and bloggers before Thursday’s elections for the UN’s top human

At a briefing held at UN Headquarters in New York, UN Watch this week published a new report, Dawn of A New Era?, assessing the UN

PRESS RELEASE Hardline Minister Mottaki ‘Unwelcome’ at UN Human Rights Council Geneva, March 12, 2007 — An international coalition of human rights groups called on nine European government
Although UN Watch continues to urge the US to run for a seat and join the Human Rights Council, that body’s abuses must be squarely