North Korea
Issue 154: Cash for Kim: UN Scandal in North Korea
The starving, torture, and forced labor of North Koreans by the tyrannical Kim Jong Il may have been indirectly aided by UN funds. In the
January 24, 2007
Briefings
Hillel Neuer
Issue 153: UN Peacekeeper Sexual Abuse Scandal Requires Independent Inquiry
A major story today from London’s Daily Telegraph, cited around the globe, revealed that UN peacekeepers in the southern part of Sudan have been sexually
January 3, 2007
Sudan
Issue 152: The Human Rights Council Disappoints on Darfur
This week, the UN Human Rights Council held a special session on the human rights situation in Darfur, Sudan—its fourth special session, and the first
December 14, 2006
Human Rights
Issue 151: The Ever-Predictable UN Human Rights Council
When the UN Human Rights Council on Friday hears from its commission of inquiry on “the systematic targeting and killings of civilians by Israel in
November 29, 2006
UN Watch
Issue 150: UN Emergency Session Slams Israel
On the same day that Palestinian rockets fired from Northern Gaza killed one Israeli civilian and seriously injured two others, the UN Human Rights Council
November 15, 2006
Human Rights
Issue 149: General Assembly Hears From Khaddafi Prize Founder
Today in New York the UN General Assembly’s committee on human rights will be addressed by Jean Ziegler, one of whose titles is UN Special
October 25, 2006
Human Rights
Issue 148: Annan’s Legacy to be Shaped by Darfur, Human Rights and Ahmadinejad
On Monday the Security Council will hold a key straw poll on the candidates seeking to be the next UN Secretary-General, with South Korean Foreign
October 4, 2006
Lebanon
Issue 147: Lebanon and the Many Faces of the UN
World powers gathering today in Rome agreed in principle to establish an international force in Lebanon, to be authorized by a UN mandate. While this
July 26, 2006
Uncategorized
Issue 146: UN Human Rights Special Session Targets Israel
The first-ever “special session” of the UN’s new Human Rights Council was convened by the Arab Group today to censure Israel for alleged human rights
July 5, 2006
Human Rights
Issue 145: NGO Coalition Urges Changes to Human Rights Council Draft
A UN human rights official up for both new and renewed appointments next week has been covering up his significant ties to a Libyan-funded organization
June 21, 2006
Syria
Issue 144: Syria Tells UN: Israel is Like Nazi Germany
As it does every year, the UN’s annual World Health Assembly met last week in Geneva and decided to single out one of its 192
May 31, 2006
Human Rights
Issue 143: The UN’s New Human Rights Council: Cause For Cheer?
The General Assembly last week chose 47 nations as the founding members of the UN’s Human Rights Council, the much-ballyhooed replacement for the discredited and
May 17, 2006