WASHINGTON) – U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, commented today after UNESCO’s Executive Board voted to adopt a resolution
PRESS RELEASE Despite bid by US & UK to expel Assad regime, UNESCO waters down draft resolution; Syria to keep seat on UNESCO board and
Despite US-led bid to expel Syria, UNESCO voted 35-8 for watered-down resolution, allowing Syria to stay on human rights panel GENEVA, March 8 – The
Despite bid by US & UK to expel Assad regime, UNESCO waters down draft resolution; Syria to keep seat on UNESCO board and rights panel
Today’s urgent UN Human Rights Council meeting on Syria concluded with a resolution criticizing Syria’s widespread violations, yet fell short of calling on Assad to
Tomorrow will see Foreign Ministers descend on Geneva for the opening of the first 2012 session of the UN Human Rights Council. At a recent
Jan. 31, 2012 Toronto Star Olivia Ward Bitter disagreements in the United Nations Security Council were a fact of life in the Cold War era, when
Jan. 31, 2012 AP in CBS News U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told the Security Council on Tuesday that U.N. action to end
On Nov. 22, UNESCO director-general Irina Bokova distanced herself from UNESCO’s election of Syria to two human rights committees, with her spokesperson telling UN Watch, “given the developments
GENEVA, Jan. 25 – For the first time in its history, the UN’s culture and education agency is preparing to condemn Syria and expel it
PRESS RELEASE Historic U.S.-led initiative backed by UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Canada, Japan, S. Korea & some Arab countries GENEVA, Jan. 25 – For the first
Today: UN Watch Exposes Shocking UNESCO Election of Assad Regime in New York Times, Reuters, AP, Le Figaro, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal GENEVA, Jan. 25 –