African, Islamic groups complain about U.N. free speech report
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, Pakistan speaking for the Islamic Group and Egypt speaking for the African Group voiced their concerns that the
June 2, 2009
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, Pakistan speaking for the Islamic Group and Egypt speaking for the African Group voiced their concerns that the
In a speech to the UN Human Rights Council today, the Libyan-sponsored group “Nord Sud 21”, founded in 1989 to manage the Moammar Kaddafi Human
Today at the U.N. Human Rights Council, debate continued at the special session on Sri Lanka, where ten thousand civilians have been killed since December, and hundreds
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, May 24, 2009 — Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch today expressed “serious disappointment” today over a “toothless” resolution on Sri Lanka being circulated by
By Bernard-Henri Lévy (Source: Huffington Post) Here is an open letter I have co-signed along with Elie Wiesel and Claude Lanzmann: Who declared in April
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, May 20, 2009 — Sri Lankan health minister Nimal Siripala De Silva, elected president of this week’s annual session of the World Health Organization,
By Marissa Cramer The president of the U.N. General Assembly, Father Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann, held a meeting with NGO representatives in Geneva today to discuss his latest
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch Concerned About Stalled Geneva Bid for Special Session on Sri Lanka Killings New York, May 12, 2009 — The expected reelection today of
PRESS RELEASE New York, May 6, 2009 — More than a third of the countries vying for seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council have dismal
UN Watch was at U.N. headquarters in New York yesterday to release a joint report with Freedom House opposing repressive regimes running for election to
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, May 5, 2009 — Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based monitoring group UN Watch, issued the following statement today in advance
Background On May 12, 2009, the UN General Assembly will elect 18 new Human Rights Council members. Twenty countries are candidates. However, each is not