UN Watch

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 (DPI).

Most Recent Articles by UN Watch:

How to combat antisemitism at the UN May 28, 2013
Israel can and must articulate clearly identifiable sources of inequality that can be fixed – if the commitment to universal human rights standards is bona fide
Syria & UN Health Assembly Join to Slam Israel May 22, 2013
"Out of 25 agenda items on the WHO's conference agenda, all but one address global themes."
North Korean Defector Wins Human Rights Award May 20, 2013
Dong-hyuk Shin to Receive UN Watch Prize at League of Nations Hall in Geneva
Iran to chair U.N. disarmament conference May 13, 2013
“This is like putting Jack the Ripper in charge of a women’s shelter,”
UN’s Richard Falk Again Calls Boston Attack “Resistance” to U.S. “Military Undertakings” May 9, 2013
First time: UN Watch submits unprecedented resolution to remove Richard Falk, calls on US & EU to endorse text
UN Watch Welcomes News of Israel’s Expected Return to UN Rights Council May 7, 2013
The Human Rights Council must respect its own principles of universality, impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity
Fraud: Cuba Uses 454 Front Groups to Subvert Today’s UN Review of its Human Rights Record May 1, 2013
Revealed by new UN Watch report
Update: Nominee for Top Human Rights Prize Acknowledges “My Anti-Israel Tweets” May 1, 2013
She eventually acknowledged having made "statements hostile to Zionism," for which she refused to apologize
Top Rights Prize Nominee Tweets for Terror April 30, 2013
Ten leading human rights NGOs must cancel nomination of Mona Seif
UN Watch urges event to be canceled after Falk was condemned worldwide April 29, 2013
UN's Disgraced Richard Falk to be Honored Tomorrow by Famed US Financier at American University of Beirut
Canada indicted by China, Russia, Iran at UN rights review April 26, 2013
UN Watch condemns "tyrants' subversion of UN human rights system"
UN Official Justifies Boston Bombings as ‘Retribution’, Blames America & ‘Tel Aviv April 22, 2013
Richard Falk warns of "worse blowbacks," says “Those to whom evil is done, do evil in return”
UNESCO silent as Hamas bulldozes world heritage site to make terrorist training camp April 15, 2013
UN Watch letter to UNESCO chief and EU's Catherine Ashton demands urgent action at current executive board session in Paris
U.S. condemns Syria sitting as U.N. human rights judge at Paris assembly April 10, 2013
It's time for UNESCO to stop legitimizing a government that mercilessly murders its own people,"
Russian Dissident & Chess Champion Wins Human Rights Award April 8, 2013
Garry Kasparov to Receive UN Watch Prize at League of Nations Hall in Geneva
This morning: Nobel Peace Laureate to address UN debate on settlements March 18, 2013
David Trimble, member of the British House of Lords
Havana tries to block UN testimony of Oswaldo Paya’s daughter March 12, 2013
US defeats objections by China, Russia, Pakistan, Nicaragua, Belarus
EU’s Ashton: Turkish PM’s Remarks are “Unacceptable now and ever” March 11, 2013
UN Watch: Erdogan should apologize prior to next week's racism debate in Alliance of Civilizations chamber
Activists slam U.N. Human Rights Council tribute to dead strongman March 6, 2013
UN Watch led the campaign against Venezuela's election to the UNHRC, brought Chavez victims to testify in the council, and organized the draft UN resolution condemning his abuses
Germany Condemns Turkish PM Erdogan for “Hurtful and Unacceptable” Remarks March 3, 2013
EU must also speak out, as did UN's Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State Kerry
“Erdogan must apologize” for Zionism slur, says rights group which first exposed controversy March 1, 2013
UN's Ban Ki-moon was silent at event but now speaks out after UN Watch protest, as does Washington
Turkey’s Erdogan to UN Conference: “Zionism is Crime Against Humanity” February 28, 2013
Ban Ki-moon Stayed Silent, Must Speak Out
Syria Trumpets UN Election to Senior Post February 26, 2013
Ban Ki-moon was silent at meeting that named Assad Rapporteur of Decolonization Committee
UN Human Rights Council: Time for Concrete Action February 25, 2013
Article from The Commentator on UNHRC Session and Geneva Summit
New UNHRC report on Israel astonishingly disregards UN Watch submission January 31, 2013
Exemplifies biased approach that hinders peace
Georgetown University Bestows Highest Honor on Chair of UN Watch January 18, 2013
“Al has never forgotten his roots in his own community,"
U.N. Adopts Resolutions on Iran, Syria, N. Norea, Burma December 20, 2012
Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy
Human Rights Watch Expels Top U.N. Official Richard Falk December 18, 2012
Much more happened yesterday than the updating of a website: Falk was expelled
Human Rights Day Marred by Election of Slave-holding Mauritania as VP of UN Human Rights Council December 10, 2012
Syria remains on UNESCO human rights committee
Despite Military Atrocities, Ivory Coast Elected as UN Disarmament Commission Vice-Chair December 5, 2012
The U.N. should recognize that it has sent absolutely the wrong message at the wrong time