At the initiative of the Cuban government, the UN Human Rights Council will convene on May 23, 2008 for an emergency “special session” to address
The UN Human Rights Council today debated Burma and North Korea, hearing reports from P. Pinheiro, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights situation in Myanmar
U.S. says no to UN millions for Libyan-led racism conference Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Washington’s envoy to the UN, won
The UN Human Rights Council concluded its final session of 2007 by abolishing a group of experts who had reported on Sudan’s massive human rights
There was debate today in wake of yesterday’s presentation by the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro, who
Testimony at the UN Speech before UN Human Rights Council resumed 6th Session 12 December 2007 Delivered by Ophélie Namiech, UN Watch Legacy Heritage Fellow _______________
The following op-ed appeared in today’s Sunday Times of South Africa. South Africa at the UN: Your Freedom and Mine Hillel Neuer At the United Nations recently,
By a vote of 165 to 7, a UN General Assembly committee last Friday approved “institution-building” changes to the Human Rights Council that actually weaken
Iran, Belarus, Burma (Myanmar) and North Korea lashed out after resolutions highlighting abuses in their countries were presented in the General Assembly’s Third Committee, which
What This Council Can Do For the People of Burma UN Watch Speech before UN Human Rights Council Special Session on Human Rights Situation in
See UN Watch’s powerful speech, delivered by director of communications Leon Saltiel. The Human Rights Council special session on Burma went relatively well. Most of
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Oct. 2, 2007 — UN Watch today welcomed the adoption by a UN Human Rights Council emergency session of a resolution “strongly