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| June 9, 2013
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US, UK & Canada Denounces Falk’s ‘Outrageous Abuse’ of his UN Position

A ‘MUST WATCH’ video from UN watch exposing the U.N. Human Rights Council Rapporteur Richard Falk for his exaggerated anti-Israel bias, and his ‘outrageous abuse of the position he holds.”

By Rina Tzvi

 

The Anti-Defamation League welcomed on Friday the condemnation from the United States of the latest report by U.N. Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Richard Falk on the human rights situation of Arabs living in Israel, and called on other member states of the Council to “denounce Falk and his outrageous abuse of the position he holds.”

UNHRCAmbassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, the U.S. Representative to the Human Rights Council, stated that the U.S. Continue Reading »

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| May 17, 2013
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Dutch group asks European nations to boycott UN disarmament forum chaired by Iran

UN’s ‘watchdog’ Hillel Neuer, says Iran’s chairmanship “is like putting Jack the Ripper in charge of a women’s shelter.”

By JTA

THE HAGUE — A Dutch group monitoring rights in Iran urged the Netherlands and other European nations to join the United States and Canada in boycotting a U.N. forum on disarmament that will be chaired by Tehran.

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Israeli PM warning the world of Iran’s continuing aspirations in developing Nuclear weapons.

Iran’s chairmanship of the U.N. Conference on Disarmament “comes at the expense of the United Nations’ credibility as a body meant to safeguard global safety,” the Hague-based Iran Comite wrote to Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans on Thursday.

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| May 13, 2013
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‘Typical’ or ‘Crazy’ to have Iran Head of UN Disarmament Panel?

Iran’s upcoming status as head of the UN disarmament body sparked protest Monday from the NGO, UN Watch.

By Arutz 7 Staff

 

Iran’s looming status as head of a UN disarmament body sparked outrage Monday from campaigners who said its nuclear program and arming of Syria and Islamist militias disqualified it from a place at the table. “This is like putting Jack the Ripper in charge of a women’s shelter,” said Hillel Neuer, head of Geneva-based UN Watch, announcing that the organization would organize protest events involving Iranian dissidents.

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The leadership of the UN Conference on Disarmament rotates automatically in alphabetical order among its 65 member nations, and Iran is scheduled to take the helm on May 27 for a session running until June 23. Continue Reading »

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| April 26, 2013
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UN Watch leads protest calling on Ban Ki-moon to condemned Richard Falk

Below is email I received from UN Watch:

Victory: UN reverses course, condemns Richard Falk * Now his defenders are attacking UN Watch

Hillel Neuer, UN Watch (briefing@unwatch.org)

 

To: Phillip Pasmanick
Picture of Hillel Neuer, UN Watch

 

Dear Phillip,

Good news: Thanks to a firestorm sparked by UN Watch, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon — after initially refusing to act — has finally accepted our demand and condemned UN Palestine expert Richard Falk for justifying the Boston terrorist attack as a form of “resistance” to the sins of America and Israel. As a result, UN Watch is now under attack.

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| March 18, 2013
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UNHRC ready to discuss West Bank settlement report

UN Council to examine resolutions filed against Israel after their investigators concluded that Israel could be culpable before the International Criminal Court.

 

The United Nations Human Rights Council will on Monday debate a report by its fact-finding mission on West Bank settlements, which concluded that Israel could be culpable for building over the pre-1967 lines before the International Criminal Court, if the Palestinians become party to the Rome Statute.

E-1 stop - Photo: by Ammar Awad/Reuters

Disputed E-1 region – Photo: by Ammar Awad/Reuters

The report was first published in January, but the debate on the document takes place during the council’s 22nd session from February 25 to March 22.

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| February 28, 2013
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Erdogan calls Zionism a crime against humanity

Turkish PM ranting his racism at Vienna forum of the Alliance of Civilizations, a UN forum for West-Islam dialogue, as UN chief Ban Ki-moon was seated on the stage, stayed silent.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan called Zionism a “crime against humanity” likening it with anti-Semitism, fascism, and Islamophobia  while speaking at a UN forum on Wednesday.  Erdogan was speaking Wednesday before a Vienna forum of the Alliance of Civilizations, a UN framework for West-Islam dialogue.

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoganUN Watch urged UN chief Ban Ki-moon who was present on the stage yet stayed silent, according to UN Watch, to speak out and condemn the speech. Continue Reading »

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| December 19, 2012
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Richard Falk finally removed from Human RIghts Watch committee

GREAT NEWS: Human Rights Watch has just expelled antisemitic U.N. official Richard Falk, thanks to campaign by UN Watch.

By JTA

 

Human Rights Watch has removed Richard Falk, United Nations special rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, from one of its local committees.

OVERVIEW OF the Human Rights Council at the UNHRC - Photo by Reuters

OVERVIEW OF the Human Rights Council at the UNHRC – Photo by Reuters

Falk, who has compared Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to the actions of the Nazis and suggested that the U.S. government may have had foreknowledge of the 9/11 attacks, was removed Tuesday from the international nongovernmental organization’s local committee in Santa Barbara, Calif.

U.N. Watch said in a letter to its supporters that Falk’s removal from the committee came after U.N. Continue Reading »

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