Statement in Spanish by UN Watch Secretary General’s Report on Human Rights in Iran – Item 2 UNHRC 31st Session, 23 March 2016 Delivered by Bertha Merikanskas Below is the text of the statement translated into English Thank you, Mr. President. UN Watch strongly condemns the gross violations of human …
Syrian ambassador to the UN, Bashar Ja’afari SYRIA may be entering its sixth year of a civil war in which hundreds of thousands have died at the hands of the murderous Assad regime, the medieval barbarism of ISIS and the indiscriminate barrel-bombing of Putin’s warplanes, but that has not stopped …
Statement by UN Watch UPR of Lebanon Agenda Item 6, UNHRC 31st Session 16 March 2016 Delivered by Mr. Hillel Neuer I thank you, Mr. President. The purpose of this human rights review is to make a difference for men and women on the ground, by holding governments to account. In that regard, we ask: Should human …
GENEVA, MARCH 15, 2016 — UN Watch hosted an event today at the UN to shed light on human rights abuses in Iran, as covered here in the LA Times. Victims and advocates gave vivid testimony of their first-hand experiences in Iran with a particular focus on the human rights of women. The meeting aimed to raise …
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon: “I commend the leadership of all those committed to bringing new energy to its work” Left: Syria’s Bashar Ja’afari speaking today from the UN Decolonization Committee dais. Right: Ja’afari embraces new Venezuelan Chair, Rafael Darío Ramírez …
“Allying with Stalin to stop Hitler is different than saying Stalin is a human rights champion!” Barcelona’s ARA newspaper interviews UN Watch’s Hillel Neuer for its weekly world feature Translated from the original article in Catalan. Diari ARA, World section Interview by Teresa Turiera Head of …
TOP 10 WORST U.N. MOMENTS OF 2015 Left: Faisal Trad, Saudi Arabia’s ambassador in Geneva, was elected Chair of the UN Human Rights Council panel that appoints independent experts. Right: Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva. GENEVA, December 30, 2015 – UN Watch …
Annual ritual to see total of 20 resolutions on Israel, 3 on rest of world UN Watch commends Canada’s new Trudeau government for maintaining opposition to biased resolutions Syria’s ambassador Jaafari expressed “heartfelt appreciation and gratitude” to the UN for its Golan …
In a recent statement on November 11th 2015 Ahmed Shaheed, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, censured that country for its poor record on human rights. This comes just over a month after Mr. Shaheed published a heavily critical report on the subject …
I. Introduction The Special Rapporteur welcomes the recent nuclear agreement struck between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the P5+1 countries (China, France, Germany, Russian Federation, United Kingdom and United States) on 14 July 2015.[1] Given the close interrelationship between peace, development and human …
