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Russian Opposition to Today’s Syria Resolution at the UN Security Council
Date: 1/31/2012

Exclusive: Documents Reveal Syria to Face Expulsion Bid From UNESCO Human Rights Committee
Date: 1/25/2012

NGO: UN must condemn stabbing of Palestinian activist who criticized Hamas rights abuses
Date: 1/17/2012

UK announces bid to cancel Syria’s “abhorrent” membership on UNESCO rights committee
Date: 1/6/2012

After Sarkozy tells Assad to go, rights group urges US, France, UK to press for UN Security Council referral of Syria to International Criminal Court
Date: 1/3/2012

Hamas Says Gaza Not “Occupied” But U.N. Insists It Is
Date: 1/3/2012

30 rights groups urge Egypt to release jailed blogger Maikel Nabil
Date: 12/29/2011

UN lowers flag for Kim Jong-il; rights group urges equal sympathy for victims
Date: 12/28/2011

55 MPs, rights groups & dissidents urge UNESCO to cancel election of Syria to human rights committees
Date: 12/15/2011

Hillary Clinton to speak at UN today as UN rights chief Navi Pillay headlines event with "Gaddafi Human Rights Prize" group
Date: 12/6/2011

Hillary Clinton to speak at UN tomorrow while human rights agency gives podium to "Gaddafi Human Rights Prize" front group
Date: 12/5/2011

UN Watch submits today's Human Rights Council condemnation of Syria to UNESCO, urges reversal of recent election of Syria to human rights committees
Date: 12/2/2011

Rights Groups Welcome UN Draft on Syria, Urge Creation of Investigator
Date: 11/17/2011

UNESCO Rewards Palestinians as Rocket-Fire on Israel Continues
Date: 10/31/2011

Bonn summit could "legitimize the Taliban," warns Afghan women's rights activist
Date: 10/28/2011

Wikileaks: World Food Program accused UNHRC hunger expert of "profoundly immoral" politics, harming starving millions
Date: 10/24/2011

NGO Appeal to end impunity for enablers of the Qaddafi Regime within the UN Human Rights Council
Date: 10/21/2011

UN Should Apologize For "Legitimizing" Gaddafi with Key Posts
Date: 10/20/2011

Official Capacity: UN Official Richard Falk Promotes 9/11 Conspiracy Theory
Date: 10/19/2011

Richard Falk to address UNGA, but endorses 9/11 “inside job” theory interviewed in his official UN capacity
Date: 10/19/2011

UN Watch is a Geneva-based human rights organization founded in 1993 to monitor UN compliance with the principles of its Charter. It is accredited as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and as an Associate NGO to the UN Department of Public Information.