Thursday’s debate at the General Assembly’s Third Committee touched on the plight of rural women and refugees, self-determination, and racism. A report by António Manuel
UN Racism Expert Doudou Diène addressed the General Assembly’s Third Committee on social, humanitarian and cultural affairs, noting a “resurgence” in racist and xenophobic violence,
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Nov. 8 — In a statement issued today in Geneva, UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer called for a special session of
Tuesday afternoon saw heated exchanges at the UN General Assembly (GA) as its Third Committee, which oversees human rights issues, debated a package of reforms
UN Human Rights Council President Doru-Romulus Costea of Romania, appeared on Monday before the General Assembly’s Third Committee, which oversees human rights matters, as it
PRESS RELEASE “UN’s last chance to save the Human Rights Council from itself,” says UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer Geneva, Nov. 2, 2007 — A coalition
PRESS RELEASE “UN’s last chance to save the Human Rights Council from itself,” says UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer New York, Nov. 2, 2007 — A
While the United Nations has taken several “unprecedented” steps in recent years to recognize and reject anti-Semitism, the world body has yet to “to fully
Executive Summary Anti-Semitism, in the words of former Secretary-General Annan, is a unique manifestation of hatred, intolerance and persecution that over history has been a
PRESS RELEASE New York, Nov. 1, 2007 — While the United Nations has taken several “unprecedented” steps in recent years to recognize and reject anti-Semitism, the world
(Gibreil Hamid, left, at UN Watch’s March 2007 activist summit for Darfur, at UN Human Rights Council) Our friend Mr. Gibreil I.M. Hamid from the
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