Israel
U.N. website’s Freudian slip: “Mideast” = “Palestine”
The home page of the U.N.’s news center displays focus sections on a handful of regions, one of which is the Middle East. There one
August 18, 2009
Country
Libya
Ziegler denies friendship with Qaddafi but heading to Libya to celebrate coup anniversary
The Geneva lawyer of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi, Charles Poncet, says that Switzerland should have chosen Jean Ziegler, the recently-elected vice-chair of the UN Human
August 14, 2009
Antisemitism
Qaddafi’s man at the U.N., Mary Robinson’s legacy-hire, reelected as VP
Jean Ziegler, Qadaffi’s man at the U.N. Human Rights Council — and a legacy hire of Mary Robinson — was reelected this week as Vice-Chair
August 6, 2009
Antisemitism
Qaddafi’s man at the U.N., Mary Robinson’s legacy-hire, reelected as VP
Jean Ziegler, Qadaffi’s man at the U.N. Human Rights Council — and a legacy hire of Mary Robinson — was reelected this week as Vice-Chair
August 6, 2009
China
Ban Ki-Moon asked why U.N. won’t meet Dalai Lama in Geneva
UN Watch’s revelation yesterday that U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay is effectively refusing to meet with the Dalai Lama on his visit to Geneva next
July 30, 2009
China
Ban Ki-Moon asked why U.N. won’t meet Dalai Lama in Geneva
UN Watch’s revelation yesterday that U.N. rights chief Navi Pillay is effectively refusing to meet with the Dalai Lama on his visit to Geneva next
July 30, 2009
China
UN Watch Disappointed at U.N. Rights Chief Refusal to Meet Dalai Lama
But welcomes Pillay’s criticism of China’s “systemic violations of human rights” GENEVA, July 29, 2009 – The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch expressed disappointment at
July 29, 2009
China
Issue 198: UN Watch Disappointed at U.N. Rights Chief Refusal to Meet Dalai Lamai
But welcomes Pillay’s criticism of China’s “systemic violations of human rights” GENEVA, July 29, 2009 — The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch expressed disappointment
July 29, 2009
China
UN Watch Disappointed at U.N. Rights Chief Refusal to Meet Dalai Lamai
PRESS RELEASE But welcomes Pillay’s criticism of China’s “systemic violations of human rights” GENEVA, July 29, 2009 — The Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch expressed
July 29, 2009
Middle East
U.N. Hypocrisy: Syria accuses Israel of violating freedom of the press
During a meeting today of the U.N. Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) in Geneva, the United States called a report on Palestinians unbalanced, and described
July 28, 2009
China
Issue 197: U.N. Denies Status to Christian Charity After China Objects
GENEVA, July 27, 2009 — UN Watch, the Geneva-based human rights monitoring group, condemned the U.N.’s decision today to reject an international Christian charity as
July 27, 2009
China
UN Watch Condemns U.N. Rejection of Christian Charity on Chinese Objections
PRESS RELEASE But welcomes ECOSOC grant of NGO status to Brazilian gays and U.S.-based Democracy Coalition Project GENEVA, July 27, 2009 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based
July 27, 2009