Why President Obama Should Have Vetoed Resolution 2334 – by Trevor Norwitz
Thursday, January 26, 2017 7:53 am Security Council, UN-Israel Controversies, Uncategorized unwatch 0 5k
By Trevor S. Norwitz UN Security Council Resolution 2334 will inflict serious and enduring damage to the State of Israel and to the Jewish people. It brands Israel, the nation state of the Jewish people, a “flagrant” violator of international law, fueling the movement to isolate it and turn it into a pariah …
Text of Egypt’s UNSC Draft Resolution on Settlements
Thursday, December 22, 2016 9:45 am Israel, Security Council, UN-Israel Controversies unwatch 0 3k
Following are the operative paragraphs of the Egyptian draft resolution submitted to the UN Security Council for vote today. The Security Council… Reaffirms that the establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and …
NGOs hail today’s ‘historic’ UN debate on North Korean abuses
Monday, December 22, 2014 1:15 pm Asia, China, North Korea, Press Releases, Security Council unwatch 0 23
PRESS RELEASE GENEVA, Dec. 22, 2014 – NGOs hailed the convening today of the first-ever meeting of the UN Security Council on North Korean human rights abuses. “With today’s historic debate, the UN finally sends the message that North Korean rulers who starve and enslave their own people must be held …
NGOs hail UN resolution seeking referral of N. Korean abuses to ICC
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 1:23 pm Comments on Human Rights Situations, General Assembly, Letters, North Korea, Petitions & Appeals, Press Releases, Security Council, Third Committee unwatch 0 35
GENEVA, Nov. 18, 2014 – NGOs hailed the UN adoption today of a draft resolution, introduced by the EU and Japan in the UNGA’s 193-member Third Committee, asking the Security Council to refer the situation of North Korean rights abuses to the International Criminal Court, and to initiate sanctions against …
NGOs hail UN resolution seeking referral of N. Korean abuses to ICC
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 12:00 am Hillel Neuer, Human Rights defenders, International Criminal Court, Migrant Workers, North Korea, Security Council zadmin 0 40
GENEVA, Nov. 18, 2014 – NGOs hailed the UN adoption today of a draft resolution, introduced by the EU and Japan in the UNGA’s 193-member Third Committee, asking the Security Council to refer the situation of North Korean rights abuses to the International Criminal Court, and to initiate sanctions against …
UN Watch condemns EU majority for backing Venezuela’s Security Council bid
Friday, October 17, 2014 12:18 am Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Latin America, Security Council, Venezuela zadmin 0 147
Neuer: “Like making a pyromaniac into the fire chief” U.N. representatives for Venezuela, including Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez, right, celebrate after being elected to a two year term as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday. Spencer Platt/Getty Images GENEVA, …
UN Watch condemns EU majority for backing Venezuela’s Security Council bid
Thursday, October 16, 2014 3:33 pm Comments on UN Decisions, Press Releases, Security Council, UN Elections, Venezuela unwatch 0 22
PRESS RELEASE Neuer: “Like making a pyromaniac into the fire chief” GENEVA, October 16, 2014 – Despite Venezuela’s record of human rights abuses against judges, students and peaceful protesters, and its backing of Syria’s Assad regime, a majority of EU member states today were among …
Why electing Erdogan’s Turkey and Maduro’s Venezuela to the UNSC is a terrible idea
Wednesday, October 15, 2014 9:22 am Europe, Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Security Council, Turkey, Venezuela zadmin 0 329
GENEVA, October 15 — The election tomorrow of Venezuela and Turkey to the UN Security Council will be “like making pyromaniacs into the fire chiefs,” said UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer today. Venezuela has been endorsed by the Latin American states and is running on a clean slate, …
Key UN Statements on Current Gaza-Israel Conflict
Thursday, July 17, 2014 4:39 pm Gaza, Hamas, Hamas-Israel War July 2014, Human Rights Council, Israel, Palestinians, Security Council, Terrorism, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UN Speeches, UN-Israel Controversies, UNRWA zadmin 0 157
Monday, July 21 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon Remarks from diplomacy meeting in Cairo, Egypt “I full understand, fully sympathize the sufferings of the Palestinian people, particularly in Gaza. These restrictions should be lifted as soon as possible so that people should not resort to this kind of …
Full text: Gulf states endorse Saudi reasons for snubbing UNSC seat
Sunday, October 20, 2013 11:27 am Saudi Arabia, Security Council zadmin 0 26
Below are the statements by the Gulf Cooperation Council and Qatar supporting the underlying reasons invoked by Saudi Arabia in rejecting the Security Council seat it just won. GCC Secretary General Praises Saudi Call for Security Council’s Reform Riyadh, October 19 (QNA) – GCC Secretary General Dr. …