South Africa today likened Israeli actions to Nazi atrocities in a vitriolic speech to the UNHRC session on Gaza. “It would have been inexplicable for the Human Rights Council, the moral conscience of the world, not to convene today,” said the South African delegate, two months after South Africa …
SOUTH AFRICA, often dubbed the “rainbow nation,” has come under increased criticism this week following its decision to abstain from a key vote in support of gay rights during the last session of the UN Human Rights Council — not least since South Africa’s progressive 1996 Constitution is unique …
UN Watch congratulates the United States for announcing today that it will stay away from the UN’s upcoming 10th anniversary commemoration of the 2001 Durban conference, a supposed anti-racism gathering that turned into a global festival of hate. The government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper was …
GENEVA, October 12, 2010 – UN Watch congratulated Colombia, Germany, India and South Africa on their election as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for 2011-2012. In regard to South Africa, UN watch executive director Hillel Neuer said it was “important that a major African democracy be …
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, October 12, 2010 – UN Watch congratulated Colombia, Germany, India and South Africa on their election as non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for 2011-2012. In regard to South Africa, UN watch executive director Hillel Neuer said it was “important that a major African …
UN Watch in Swissinfo, S. African Star, Pretoria News… The following editorial citing UN Watch was published in three South African newspapers: The Star, The Mercury and the Pretoria News. March 5, 2010 ANALYSIS SA’s weak kick scores no points for victims Minister’s template presentation only …
By Marissa Cramer, Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fellow at UN Watch Human rights activists and other UN observers were surprised by South Africa’s opposition to recognizing gay rights during recent negotiations on the outcome document for the Durban Review Conference, whose stated aim is to combat racism, …
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Feb. 5 —Geneva-based human rights organization UN Watch today called on UN rights chief Navi Pillay to protest the “outrageous and discriminatory” boycott by a Durban dockworkers union of an Israeli commercial ship scheduled to arrive this Sunday in the South African port city. …
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, January 23, 2009 — UN Watch, an independent non-govermental organization headquartered in Geneva, today called on UN chief Ban Ki-moon and human rights high commissioner Navi Pillay to condemn Iran’s “shocking endorsement of Holocaust denial” during a U.N. meeting on …
PRESS RELEASE Planning meeting opens with Islamic-led attacks against free speech, Western democracies and a Canadian Jewish NGO Geneva, April 24, 2008 — According to diplomatic sources, South Africa has now dropped its offer, announced by President Mbeki in February, to host next year’s UN sequel to the …
