GENEVA, October 11, 2019 – Ahead of next Thursday’s UN election of 14 nations to its highest human rights body, a coalition of non-governmental human rights groups from Europe, the U.S. and Canada today called on UN member states to oppose the election of Indonesia, Iraq, Libya, Mauritania, …
Statement by United Nations Watch Delivered by Dr. Einat Wilf, 23 September 2019 UN Human Right Council, 42nd Session Agenda Item 7 Transcript: Madam Vice President: In the 20th century, as empires collapsed and new states and borders were established, tens of millions of people fled or were expelled in the …
GENEVA, September 25, 2019 – UN Watch released a new report today exposing 10 recent examples of terrorist incitement and antisemitism on UNRWA staff Facebook pages. This includes Facebook posts endorsing and glorifying murderous terrorists like Hamas bomb-maker Abdullah Barghouti, responsible for killing 67 …
Click here for Youtube Statement by United Nations Watch Delivered by Dr. Leah Goldin, 23 September 2019 UN Human Right Council, 42nd Session Agenda Item 8: Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action My name is Leah Goldin. I am the mother of Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, a proud soldier in the Israel Defense …
GENEVA, Sep. 17, 2019 – The Human Rights Council Vice President this week chastised Hong Kong democracy activist Tanya Chan for her Item 3 speech calling out abuses by China in Hong Kong, but allowed other speakers to address specific country situations in the same debate without comment. Although he allowed her …
Hong Kong lawmaker Tanya Chan, center, was convicted under “public nuisance” charges for her role in the 2014 Umbrella Movement democracy protests. GENEVA, September 15, 2019 — Hong Kong lawmaker Tanya Chan will tomorrow address the United Nations Human Rights Council, regarding the crackdown on the …
Click here for YouTube. Transcript: Thank you, Mr. President. Eighteen years ago today, on September 11th, 2001, terrorists from Al Qaeda hijacked four passenger airliners and used them to attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, killing nearly 3,000 innocent people, and injuring more than 6,000 others. …
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The following written submissions by United Nations Watch have been circulated by the UN as official documents to all delegates at the 42nd session of the Human Rights Council: A/HRC/42/NGO/147: Palestinian racist and apartheid laws and policies Excerpt: “United Nations Watch is deeply concerned by the …
In wake of the UN decision to censor a joint statement on Chinese human rights abuses, we reject the notion that the UN acted in any way other than arbitrarily. In fact, the UN human rights office routinely accepts for publication all manner of statements submitted by more than 4,000 UN-accredited NGOs, which it …
