The Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights began its three-week session on July 28. Bertrand Ramcharan, Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights,
The New York-based Economic and Social Council of the United Nations (ECOSOC) opened its four-week session last week, this year at the Palais des Nations
The governing body of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the International Labour Conference, is nearly halfway through its annual three-week meeting. The Conference, consisting of
The World Health Assembly ends its annual meeting today. Important discussions on SARS and the passage of a landmark Framework Convention on Tobacco Control were
The Quartet (comprising the United States, European Union, Russia, and the United Nations) has formally released the “Performance-Based Road Map to a Permanent Two-State Solution
On Monday The Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece by Prof. Anne Bayefsky, UN Watch Board member. Following is an edited version, used with
News: Today the Commission on Human Rights begins its deliberation of agenda item 8, “Question of the violation of human rights in the Occupied Arab
News: The Commission on Human Rights, the central human rights event on the UN calendar, opens its annual six-week session on 17 March. Analysis: Every
News: In a recent letter to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) expressed its
In our last issue, we commented on the impropriety of the nomination of Libya to chair the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR). In this
News: On January 20, there will be a one-day meeting of the UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR) to select a new chairman. By UN
In his September 12 speech to the United Nations General Assembly, President Bush challenged the United Nations to enforce its Security Council resolutions on Iraq.