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UN Watch calls on UNESCO to reverse the decision Vote slammed by UNESCO director herself & Canada’s Foreign Minister GENEVA, Nov. 23 – UN Watch
GENEVA, Nov. 22 – Quote from Hillel Neuer, UN Watch executive director, on the UN General Assembly Third Committee vote Tuesday on the draft resolution condemning human
GENEVA, Nov. 17– In an attempt to influence a UN resolution on Syrian abuses now being debated by member states, a coalition of 20 famous
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PRESS RELEASE Draft UNGA resolutions sent to SG Ban Ki-moon and rights chief Navi Pillay on human rights situations in China, Cuba, Pakistan, Russia, Saudi
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