PRESS RELEASE Geneva, September 13, 2006 — An international coalition of 41 non-governmental organizations, including UN Watch, have called on democratic United Nations member states to work together to
Below is our Report Card grading the performance of the UN Human Rights Council’s inaugural June 2006 session, which has just concluded. We gave high
PRESS RELEASE Swiss NGO Urges Council to Adopt Strong Mechanisms for Victim Protection Geneva, May 9, 2006 – Close to half of the members elected to
Behind the Blitzkrieg What explains the blitzkrieg of op-eds by Nobel laureates, and so many other card-carrying members of the international foreign policy establishment,
PRESS RELEASE Groups Urge Removal of “Anti-NGO Clause” and Reinstatement of Annan’s 2/3 Threshold for Member Elections Geneva, March 2, 2006 – Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) today
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Feb 23, 2006 – Today’s proposed UN resolution to replace the world body’s discredited human rights commission with a new council offers some
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Feb. 20, 2006 – Three human rights groups today urged the President of the General Assembly and the United Nations to reject last-minute
After Zimbabwe was accused yesterday of rights abuses by an international coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) led by UN Watch, the Mugabe government’s Geneva representative
Anyone questioning the necessity of Kofi Annan’s proposed overhaul of the 53-member U.N. Commission on Human Rights need only look to the results of its
News: The Commission on Human Rights, the central human rights event on the UN calendar, opens its annual six-week session on 17 March. Analysis: Every
Today, the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), meeting in Geneva, will vote on the recommendation of its Committee on NGOs to de-accredit a human
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