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NGO: UN renewal of rights chief Pillay should be preceded by public discussion of her record
Date: 5/14/2012

40 MPs & NGOs oppose recently-declared Chavez bid for seat on U.N.'s top rights body
Date: 5/2/2012

Controversy: Defeated UN Rights Expert Lies About Rejected Application for New Post
Date: 3/23/2012

Goldstone II: UN rights council condemns Israel in 5 resolutions, creates new "fact-finding mission"
Date: 3/22/2012

Today: UN rights council readying resolution praising Qaddafi's human rights record
Date: 3/14/2012

U.N.-adopted report on Qaddafi rights record called "abhorrent" by Amnesty USA chief
Date: 3/14/2012

50 NGOs urge Pakistan to free Christian mother from execution on charge of Blasphemy
Date: 3/13/2012

Today: "Scandalous" UNESCO vote to keep Syria on human rights committee
Date: 3/8/2012

Exclusive: UNESCO vote today will keep Syria on human rights committee
Date: 3/7/2012

Outrage: UN rights council readies resolutionp raising Qaddafi regime's human rights record
Date: 2/27/2012

Outrage: Chavez seeking seat on top UN rights body
Date: 2/22/2012

Outrage at UN as 56 Islamic States Slam Gays for "Abnormal Sexual Behaviour"
Date: 2/17/2012

Libya Tells UN Rights Council: "Gays threaten continuation of human race"
Date: 2/13/2012

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 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.