When Navi Pillay was appointed this summer as the UN’s new high commissioner for human rights, the mayor of Durban, South Africa, her native city,
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Sept. 8, 2008 — After new UN rights chief Navanethem Pillay addressed the 47-nation Human Rights Council for the first time today, independent human
PRESS RELEASE Geneva, Sept. 5, 2008 — UN Watch urged European Union members and UN rights chief Navanethem Pillay to take the floor at a UN anti-racism
The UN originally intended to organize major regional meetings around the world in advance of the Durban Review Conference, set for April in Geneva. In the end, however,
Speaking before a United Nations audience, Simone Veil, Holocaust survivor and former president of the European Parliament, urged the international community to prevent a
PRESS RELEASE Abuja, Nigeria, August 26, 2008 — Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch expressed alarm over several provisions in a draft declaration set to
PRESS RELEASE UN Watch: ‘African Declaration Breaches EU’s Red Lines’ Abuja, Nigeria, August 26, 2008 — Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch expressed alarm over
UN Watch Intervention Regional Conference for Africa Preparatory to the Durban Review Conference Abuja, Nigeria 24 August 2008 Delivered by Mr. Leon Saltiel of UN
Writing in reply to a parliamentary question, Rama Yade, France’s Senegalese-born Foreign Affairs and Human Rights Secretary, warned this week that France will walk out
Will Durban II be a replay of racist Durban I? Aug. 4, 2008 Op-Ed by Alfred H. Moses, UN Watch Chair Is the United Nations’
PRESS RELEASE Tehran Responds, Accuses UN Watch of ‘Misinforming Council,’ ‘Distorting Reality on the Ground’ Geneva, June 20, 2008 — A “non-paper” by the planners of
The Durban Review Conference, the UN’s world racism confab set for next April in Geneva, will be a highly visible, amply funded, well-advertised and attended