United Nations
UN Watch in the News — August 2026
UN Watch was quoted by media outlets around the world in August 2026 on various topics, including Iran’s anticipated entry into a UN committee dealing
August 27, 2026
News
Antisemitism
UN Chief Guterres Admits Special Rapporteurs Are “Totally Out of Control” — After Privately Calling Francesca Albanese a “Horrible Person”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UN Chief Guterres Admits Special Rapporteurs Are “Totally Out of Control” – After Privately Calling Francesca Albanese a “Horrible Person” GENEVA, August
August 26, 2026
Israel
The Speech the UN Would Rather Forget: Kofi Annan on Israel and Double Standards
In December 2006, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan delivered one of the most candid assessments ever heard from the world body about its handling of the
August 25, 2026
Antisemitism
Francesca Albanese Cries “Defamation,” Demands Elon Musk Censor Hillel Neuer For Calling Her “Hamas’s De Facto Spokesperson”
Geneva, August 23, 2026 — UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese is claiming to be a victim of “outright defamation” and has called for Elon Musk
August 23, 2026
Antisemitism
UN Leaders Lit an Eternal Flame for a Hamas Commander
UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer is calling on UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UN General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock to retract their tribute to
August 14, 2026
Eritrea
UN Watch Condemns Appointment of Eritrea as Chair of UN Human Rights Council Social Forum: “Inmates Running the Asylum”
GENEVA, Aug. 6, 2026 — UN Watch today strongly condemned the appointment of the Eritrean regime as Chair of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s
August 6, 2026
Israel
Hillel Neuer on ILTV: “UNRWA Is Perpetuating the Conflict”
UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer appeared on ILTV with Calev Ben-David to discuss Israel’s Supreme Court challenge to the UNRWA ban, the agency’s ties
August 5, 2026
Israel
Dismantled: Ken Roth’s Latest Israel Conspiracy Theory on Ceuta
In the midst of a massive migrant surge into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, former Human Rights Watch chief Kenneth Roth floated a conspiravy
August 3, 2026
Antisemitism
UN Watch Files Complaint Against UN Health Rapporteur Over Partisan Candidacy and Misuse of UN Immunity
Letter urges Guterres to denounce Tlaleng Mofokeng’s mayoral candidacy while still holding her UN mandate, and to reject immunity for personal social-media abuse GENEVA, July
July 27, 2026
Algeria
UN Elects Algeria President of Key Body Overseeing Human Rights
July 23, 2026 — UN Watch, a Geneva-based non-governmental monitoring organization, condemned the election today of Algeria, a serial human rights abuser, to the presidency
July 23, 2026
Human Rights
Ken Roth and UN Watch Oppose Guterres’ Quiet Rush to Renew Volker Türk as UN Rights Chief
GENEVA, July 23, 2026 — In a quiet move preempting any debate, Secretary-General António Guterres is asking the UN General Assembly to decide as early
July 23, 2026