Qatar bid for vice-presidency of UN Human Rights Council axed by Arab rivals
GENEVA, December 4, 2017 – Monitoring group UN Watch has learned that Qatar submitted a bid to become vice-president of the UN Human Rights Council, but its
GENEVA, December 4, 2017 – Monitoring group UN Watch has learned that Qatar submitted a bid to become vice-president of the UN Human Rights Council, but its
GENEVA, Nov. 30, 2017 – The U.N. General Assembly today condemned Israel in six Arab-sponsored resolutions, voting 151 to 6, with 9 abstentions, to adopt a text
1. @UNHumanRights rep @AlfreddeZayas in Venezuela for fake investigation arranged by Maduro regime & just posted propaganda photos of abundant food—as millions face mass hunger.
Above: Hassan Idriss Ahmed Salih at the UN, April 2017. GENEVA, October 10, 2017 – U.N. chief António Guterres should remove a U.N. official who was detained by
This week, the New York Times reported about China’s crackdown on human rights activists, particularly its harassment of, and reprisals against, activists who attend UN
GENEVA, June 12, 2017 – The chair of today’s UN Human Rights Council debate, council vice-president Amr Ahmed Ramadan of Egypt, broke with parliamentary protocol
April 19, 2017 – the UN Economic and Social Council issues press release announcing Saudi Arabia’s election to the Commission on the Status of Women.
Irish FM Charlie Flanagan and Saudi official Nasser al Fawzan April 19, 2017 – the UN Economic and Social Council issues press release
UN Watch Sparks Firestorm Worldwide by Revealing Saudi Arabia’s Absurd Election to UN Women’s Rights Body; Opposition Leaders Demand Answers UN Watch’s exposure of the
Scandal: internal emails reveal that Belgium instructed its diplomats to vote Saudi Arabia onto the U.N. women’s rights commission — and to make sure the
See also: Belgium made sure Saudis knew it voted regime onto women’s rights commissions, emails reveal Before he would be contradicted by his prime minister
“I regret the vote,” said Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel. GENEVA, April 27, 2017 – The Geneva-based UN Watch — the non-governmental human rights
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