UN Watch questions High Commissioner on Israel bias
Item 2: General debate on the oral update by the High Commissioner Statement by UN Watch Human Rights Council, 33rd Session 14 September 2016
September 14, 2016
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Masih Alinejad: Female politicians must challenge compulsory hijab
Masih Alinejad, Iranian journalist & women’s rights activist, at EU Parliament, Sept. 6, 2016 I ask Catherine Ashton, Federica Mogherini—all of you female politicians around
September 14, 2016
NGOs
UN’s Idriss Jazairy thinks genocidal Sudan is the human rights victim
Sudan, whose leader is wanted for genocide in Darfur, is itself a victim of human rights violations, according to an official of the UN Human Rights
September 13, 2016
Antisemitism forum: UNGA chief blasts Israeli "oppression"
When Israel, the U.S. and Canada hosted a forum on anti-Semitism at the U.N, the General Assembly president, former Danish foreign minister Mogens Lykketoft, spoke
September 9, 2016
Issue 605: UNW in London's Daily Telegraph: UN human rights office accused of 'bizarre' behavior after condemning the 'free market'
London’s Daily Telegraph is now reporting how the U.N. was forced to delete a bizarre tweet under criticism from UN Watch. UN human an rights
September 7, 2016
UN deletes tweet calling free market an "urgent threat"
Above: tweet deleted by the UN under criticism from watchdog group GENEVA, Sept. 5, 2016 — The UN human rights office deleted a bizarre statement on
September 5, 2016
NGOs
Mia Farrow Heads Campaign to Block Sudan from UN Rights Council
PRESS RELEASE 30 human rights groups file objection with UN Legal Counsel to disqualify Sudan’s candidacy Activists sent letters to 193 U.N. member states GENEVA,
August 30, 2016
The U.N. and Israel: Key Statistics from UN Watch
Following are statistics compiled by UN Watch concerning the UN’s treatment of Israel. U.N. Proportionality Summary UN Human Rights Council: From its creation in June 2006 through June
August 23, 2016
Issue 603: UN Watch Op-Ed in The Jerusalem Report: "The aid workers aiding Hamas"
The op-ed below by UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer appears in the latest edition of The Jerusalem Report. The aid workers aiding Hamas The
August 19, 2016
Egypt
Egyptian envoy boycotts UN’s new monitor on anti-gay violence; "contrary to my convictions and the values I stand for"
Amr Ramadan, Egyptian ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council: protecting gays from violence and discrimination is “contrary to my convictions and the values I stand for.” GENEVA,
August 16, 2016
Issue 602: UN aid official arrested for aiding Hamas terrorism * Controversy in France as Jewish terror victims omitted
UN aid official arrested for aiding Hamas terrorism UNDP’s Wahid Borsh, 38, abused position to build jetty for Hamas naval forces, hide Hamas weapons, prioritize
August 12, 2016
Philippe Val: “A Reply from a non-Muslim, non-Jewish Frenchman to the Appeal by the 41”
A controversy has erupted in France in wake of a manifesto by 41 Muslim intellectuals. Following is the article, published in Le Journal du Dimanche,
August 11, 2016