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

According to Iran's state outlet, Guterres extended congratulations to Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, describing the day as an opportunity to reflect on the country's path.

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.
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.

UN's Broken Chair: How Geneva became ground zero for global antisemitism - opinion

Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts by UNRWA, in Gaza City September 19, 2018.

UNRWA ignored Hamas ties in schools, fostering terrorism – UN Watch report


A bad world record

Calling it “a world record,” UN Watch executive director Hillel Neuer said the UNHRC is again singling out Israel “while giving a free pass to the world’s worst abusers.

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli troops during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence

Watchdog group: United Nations ignores antisemitism, de-Judaizes Holocaust

UN Watch made the accusation in a report it presented at a special event at the Knesset.

The voting results are displayed on the floor of the United Nations General Assembly in which the United States declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital was declared "null and void" on December 21, 2017 in New York City.

Haley: reelection of Congo to UNHRC ‘one more credibility blow’

The US, which is one of the body’s 47 member states, has warned that if may pull out of the UNHRC if it does undergo a serious process of reform, particularly regarding its bias against Israel.

US Ambassador Nikki Haley arrives for a Security Council meeting last month at UN headquarters in New York.

Hamas leader's son blasts Palestinian Authority leadership at UN

Mosab Hassan Yousef took the Palestinian Authority leadership to task at the United Nations this week.

Mosab Hassan Yousef

Les gaités de l’ONU

Les instances onusiennes ne sont jamais avares de paradoxes

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UN's Falk ties Boston bombs to Obama's Israel trip

Rights council official insinuates the "darkly glamorized" Boston bombings happened because of Obama's love-letter to Israel.

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Hamas bulldozes UNESCO site for military training

Hamas military wing razes part of ancient harbor slated as UNESCO heritage site due to "urgent need" for training site.

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Erdogan says Zionism crime against humanity

PM speaking at Vienna forum of the Alliance of Civilizations, a UN forum for West-Islam dialogue; Kerry set to visit Turkey Friday.

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Watching the UN

“The United Nations has been manipulated as a political platform,” says Neuer, who has directed the Geneva- based UN Watch NGO.

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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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