By UN Watch ——Bio and Archives--September 20, 2013
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20 September 2013 Dear Mr. Ziegler, We demand that within the next 72 hours you:If you fail to do so by this Monday, 23 September, UN Watch will release a newly-acquired dossier of documentary, photographic and video evidence concerning the above, which is liable to cause embarrassment to those who publicly supported your nomination. Sincerely, Hillel C. Neuer Executive Director cc: Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter UN Human Rights Council President Remigiusz A. Henczel UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay
- (a) Confess that for the past month you have lied to and deceived the Swiss people by engaging in a massive cover-up concerning your significant connections with the Muammar Qaddafi Prize for Human Rights, including announcing its creation in 1989, and then receiving the prize in Tripoli at the award ceremony held on the evening of 29 September 2002;
- (b) Apologize to the Swiss people, and specifically to Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, for knowingly deceiving them; and
- (c) Acknowledge that your actions of lying and intentionally deceiving the Swiss people on such a massive scale violates the “High moral standing” criteria for election to the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee (Res HRC 5/1, par. 67), and announce the withdrawal of your nomination.
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