Canada
Issue 298: Canada Answers UN Watch’s Call, Demands N. Korea Resign
GENEVA, July 1 – UN Watch thanked Canada for being the first nation to answer its call to protest North Korea’s new presidency of the
July 1, 2011
Briefings
Iran
Issue 297: Global Coverage: UN Watch Blasts Iran’s Hatefest
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent official greetings to Tehran’s recent “anti-terrorism” conference, hailing the gathering as “timely and important.” The UN now has an obligation to condemn
June 29, 2011
Iran
Issue 296: Iran Hosts Orwellian “World Without Terrorism” Conference
GENEVA — A watchdog organization is calling on UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to retract his apparent endorsement of an Iranian government conference on terrorism that is
June 25, 2011
Iran
Issue 295: UN Watch Exposes Hypocrisy of Special Agenda Item on Israel
Video: UN Watch Exposes Hypocrisy of Special Agenda Item on Israel 1. Click here to watch the video: Iran, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt and Venezuela attacked
June 16, 2011
Antisemitism
Issue 294: The Good News: Human rights groups led by UN Watch to hold parallel conference, give voice to victims
GENEVA — Two weeks after the Obama administration announced it would boycott the upcoming UN racism conference known as “Durban III,” the world body adopted a
June 13, 2011
Durban
Issue 293: U.S. pulls out of U.N.’s controversial Durban III summit
UN Watch congratulates the United States for announcing today that it will stay away from the UN’s upcoming 10th anniversary commemoration of the 2001 Durban
June 1, 2011
China
Issue 292: Time to Free Jailed Activist Dr. Wang Binghzhang
The following op-ed about jailed Chinese dissident Dr. Wang Binghzhang—written by Cambridge University law student Gabriel Latner, a recent intern with UN Watch—appears in today’s
May 16, 2011
Middle East
Issue 291: It’s Official: Even Club of Abusers Won’t Take Syria’s Assad
GENEVA, May 11 – The Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad today officially reversed itself, pulling its candidacy for a seat on the UN’s 47-nation Human
May 11, 2011
Middle East
Issue 290: Victory: Assad Shamed into Pulling Bid for UN Rights Post
Victory: Assad Shamed into Pulling Bid for UN Rights Post Diplomatic Defeat for Syria’s Assad Regime: On March 9th, UN Watch was the first to
May 10, 2011
Afghanistan
Issue 289: Double Standard? UN Reaction to Bin Ladin vs. Yassin
The following article explores the very different reactions of the UN and the international community to two nearly identical events: the killing of Osama Bin Laden
May 4, 2011
Middle East
Issue 288: UN Watch Testifies on Syrian Abuses
UN Watch congratulates the US government and particularly its Geneva Mission for their diligent work in achieving today’s adoption by the UN Human Rights Council
April 29, 2011
Middle East
Issue 287: Tomorrow: Rare UN-Syria Faceoff
US praised for calling UN session on Syria, but concerns over watered-down text Geneva, April 28 – UN Watch, the Geneva-based rights group that heads
April 28, 2011