UN opens $22 million "Emirates Hall" as Gulf petrodollars buy influence
Swiss FM Didier Burkhalter (left) with Obaid Salem Saeed Al Zaabi (right), UN Geneva envoy of United Arab Emirates, 13 June 2016. UN Photo /
June 13, 2016
Country
Rare: UN chief rebukes Hamas leaders for celebrating Tel Aviv terror attack
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
June 9, 2016
Islamic States Block 22 Gay Rights Groups From UN Aids Summit
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
June 8, 2016
U.N. chief faced funding cut-off, fatwa risk over Saudis: sources
(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
June 7, 2016
Whistleblower quits UN human rights office, cites "complete impunity" over child rape by peacekeepers
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
June 7, 2016
Geneva human rights award goes to Venezuelan political prisoner Antonio Ledezma, mayor of Caracas
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
June 3, 2016
Venezuela
Antonietta Ledezma's moving speech for father's human rights award
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
June 3, 2016
UN chief mute on human rights in meeting with Chinese FM
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
June 3, 2016
UK, France, Germany join UN to single out Israel as world's only violator of health rights
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
May 25, 2016
Canada
Issue 591: UK, France, Germany join UN to single out Israel as world’s only violator of health rights
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
May 25, 2016
Rare: UN criticizes Hamas for "imminent executions"
In a rare move, the UN office of the high commissioner for human rights issued a press release today on Palestinian abuse of human
May 25, 2016
April 2016 UNESCO resolution negating Jewish ties to Temple Mount
In a highly controversial resolution, the executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted 33-6 to strongly condemn Israel for alleged
May 25, 2016