
Issue 593: "Genocide is occurring": UNHRC must ratify experts' finding to protect Yazidis
GENEVA, June 16, 2016 — UN Watch welcomed the new finding by a UN commission of inquiry that ISIS is committing genocide against Yazidis (see UN

GENEVA, June 16, 2016 — UN Watch welcomed the new finding by a UN commission of inquiry that ISIS is committing genocide against Yazidis (see UN

GENEVA, June 15, 2016 — In a major clash today at the UN Human Rights Council, Venezuela and its allies made a failed bid to stop the

Swiss FM Didier Burkhalter (left) with Obaid Salem Saeed Al Zaabi (right), UN Geneva envoy of United Arab Emirates, 13 June 2016. UN Photo /

In a rare move, the United Nations has rebuked Hamas leaders, with secretary-general Ban Ki-moon saying he was “shocked” that they celebrated last night’s

PRESS RELEASE — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE GENEVA, June 8, 2016 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental human rights organization, today called on UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon

(REUTERS) UNITED NATIONS, June 7, 2016 | By Louis Charbonneau, Michelle Nichols and Yara BayoumyMuslim allies of Saudi Arabia piled pressure on U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon

GENEVA, June 7, 2016 — UN Watch called on UN chief Ban Ki-moon to investigate the UN human rights office (OHCHR) in the wake of

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Geneva human rights award goes to Venezuelan political prisoner Antonio Ledezma, mayor of Caracas UN Watch calls on Venezuela to

Following are the remarks of Antonietta Ledezma, a 24-year-old Venezuelan human rights activist, in accepting UN Watch’s 2016 Watch Morris B. Abram Human Rights Award on

In his meeting today with the Chinese foreign minister (see UN readout below), Ban Ki-moon failed to mention any United Nations concern at all with

GENEVA, May 25 — The UK, France, Germany and other EU states voted today for a UN resolution, co-sponsored by the Arab group of states and the Palestinian

EXCLUSIVE REPORT Swedish delegate joins UK, France, Germany and other EU states today in voting “Yes” to single out Israel at the 2016 WHO world