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UN Watch demands democracies explain election of human rights abusers to UN positions

In UN Watch's press release, the NGO cited the UN's Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) recent nomination of Iran to the UN’s Committee for Program and Coordination.

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UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Antonio Guterres smiles while speaking with Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer inside 10 Downing Street in central London, Britain, January 16, 2026.

Guterres faces backlash for congratulating Iranian regime, UN Watch demands transparency

United Nations Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese, attends a press conference at the European headquarters of the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, September 15, 2025.

Georgetown University severs ties with UN’s Francesca Albanese over antisemitic remarks

FRANCESCA ALBANESE, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories, speaks at the UN in Geneva in September. Her antisemitic record and support for terrorists led to condemnation and sanctioning by the US, the writer notes.

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Syria set to win seat on UN Human Rights Council

UN Watch, an NGO that monitors the international body’s activity, says despite Assad's crackdown, Syria likely to get spot on council due to system of fixed slates.

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PA advised against bid for Bethlehem church

UNESCO committee comes out against PA bid to use emergency procedure to register Church of Nativity in "Palestine."

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UNESCO to stop support for Palestinian magazine

After appeal by US Ambassador to UNESCO, UN organization pulls funding from children's magazine that glorified Adolf Hitler.

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Netanyahu the UN and the Palestinians

No one won at the UN in the Palestinian bid for statehood, but neither was it a tie.

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Groups planning anti-Durban events in NY

StandWithUs, UN Watch, Eye on the UN all plan counter-protests against Durban III anti-racism conference.

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Czech Republic announces intention to boycott Durban III

Country worried meeting to be used as platform to make "unacceptable statements with anti-Jewish connotations," Czech newspaper reports.

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Trivia test: Alberto Granado

1. Who accompanied Alberto Granado on a trip across South America on a Norton 500cc bike in 1952?

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NGO urges Ban to distance UN from Iran ‘anti-terror' summit

UN Watch says conference claiming to have UN chief's endorsement attacked US, Britain as having a ‘black record in terrorist behaviors."

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Recep Erdogan against UN sanctions on Libya

"Int'l community acting out of concern about Tripoli's oil reserves and not its people," Turkish PM says as UNSC mull using sanctions to punish Gaddafi, his family and his cohorts.

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UNHRC set to debate suspending Libya's membership

Move marks first time the rights body holds session on one of its own members; PM calls on int'l community to condemn violence in Libya.

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