Following President Bush’s Middle East policy speech, Secretary-General Kofi Annan commented: “[W]e had hoped that the reforms would not be a condition of the peace-process
At the annual conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO), delegates representing governments, employers and workers rebuffed the Arab states’ attempt to politicize the meeting
The Jenin fact-finding committee of former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, former UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata and former head of the International Committee
Despite running several days behind schedule, the UN Commission on Human Rights convened a special session on 5 April to continue discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian
The 58th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights has been tarnished by Arab anti-Semitism. Exceeding their habitual exaggerated accusations against Israel, Arab delegates
The 58th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights begins on 18 March. The Commission’s purpose is to promote human rights and respect for
The Commission on Human Rights, the central human rights event on the UN calendar, is due to commence its annual six-week session on 18 March.
The UN General Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Terrorism is deadlocked in its negotiations on a Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. At issue is Article
Syrian Ambassador Fayssal Mekdad, in his country’s maiden speech to the UN Security Council, compared the terror attacks on the World Trade Center to Israel’s
UN Watch Chairman, Ambassador Alfred H. Moses, reminded the world about the abuse of Israel at the United Nations in an opinion piece, published 8
The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) convened a conference last week of signatories to the 1951 Convention on Refugees. The
Today, 10 December, is Human Rights Day. Analysis: AIDS is a major global threat to human security. As the enjoyment of human rights is predicated