Above: Syrian Ambassador Hussam Edin Aala, whose recent presidency of the UN Conference on Disarmament provoked a global outcry. Syria was reviewed today in Geneva by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child. Below is an excerpt of the exchange. UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (Mr. Benyam Dawit …
As the Assad regime took over the presidency of the UN’s top disarmament forum today, democracies clashed with the Syrian chair. Highlights below. REGIMES CONGRATULATE SYRIA China: “We would like to congratulate you on assuming the presidency of the conference. You can count on the full support of my …
GENEVA, May 29, 2018 – The non-governmental monitoring group UN Watch, leader of the global campaign to protest Syria’s presidency of the UN-backed Conference on Disarmament (CD), released the following appeal, background sheet and comment as the Assad regime begins its four-week tenure of the …
Responding to the protest campaign and appeal of UN Watch, democracies have strongly protested Syria’s take-over of the presidency of the UN-backed Conference on Disarmament. United States: “Monday, May 28, will be one of the darkest days in the history of the Conference on Disarmament with Syria …
GENEVA, May 25, 2018 – The U.S. called on Russia to pressure Syria to “stand down” from the presidency of the UN-backed Conference on Disarmament which the Assad regime is scheduled to take over on Monday despite allegedly carrying out numerous deadly chemical weapons attacks. UN chief Antonio …
GENEVA, May 25, 2018 – After delivering a speech yesterday in Geneva on disarmament, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres expressed the hope that Syria’s presidency of the UN-backed Conference on Disarmament, starting on Monday, won’t have a “negative impact” on the …
Debate in UN Conference on Disarmament May 22, 2018 Full 1-hour audio recording Click here for petition https://www.unwatch.org/wp-admin/post-new.php Highlights related to Syria’s upcoming presidency of the Conference on Disarmament. See UN Watch’s press release here. Syria: I hope that the Syrian …
GENEVA, May 23, 2018 – UN Watch today launched a global petition to leaders of major democracies urging them to pull their ambassadors form the UN Disarmament Forum when Syria’s Assad regime takes over the presidency on May 28, 2018. Petition sent to Nikki Haley, Boris Johnson, Angela Merkel, …
Trending UN Watch tweets from this past week: Jeremy Corbyn, who in the past has repeatedly called for sanctions on Israel, advocates “negotiations” and “diplomatic efforts” with Syrian mass murderer Bashar al-Assad; in a revealing video from 2009, the British Labour Party leader famously …
UN Watch’s exclusive report and appeal on Syria’s upcoming presidency of the UN’s top disarmament forum has sparked a global firestorm. The scandal arose yesterday in the U.S. State Department press briefing and then today in the White House press briefing, and is being reported in news media …
