UN Watch
UN Watch is a non-governmental organization founded in 1993 that critically examines the activities and decisions of the UN . It is based in Geneva . It was initially chaired by the former US representative to the United Nations, Morris B. Abram . Today UN Watch is led by the former US Ambassador and Special Envoy to Europe, Alfred H. Moses , Honorary President of the American Jewish Committee (AJC). Hillel Neuer is the managing director. From 1993 to 2000 UN Watch was affiliated with the World Jewish Congress , and from 2001 to 2013 with the American Jewish Committee .
UN Watch works for a reform of the UN, equality within the UN and equal treatment of the member states. UN Watch has seen disproportionate and unfair treatment of Israel for years , which violates fundamental principles of the UN Charter .
UN Watch provides various UN bodies ( UN Human Rights Council , UN Human Rights Commission, etc.) with statements and publishes articles in the media with large editions. Other non-governmental organizations are invited to join the statements.
The organization accused the UN Sub-Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of exceeding its mandate, since it had convicted Israel of human rights violations in the 2006 Lebanon war . Jean Ziegler , the UN special envoy for the right to food, was accused of exceeding the mandate because he saw the occupation of the Palestinian Territories by Israel as a violation of the right to food.
UN Watch encourages email campaigns such as letters to UN officials regarding Hezbollah , Holocaust denial in Iran, and anti-Semitic / anti-Christian textbooks in Egypt and Saudi Arabia .
Committee members
- Per Ahlmark , former Vice Prime Minister in Sweden
- Irwin Cotler , attorney, former Attorney General and Attorney General of Canada
- David A. Harris , executive director of the AJC
- Max Jacobson, Ambassador, former representative of Finland to the UN
- Jeane Kirkpatrick (†), Ambassador, former US representative to the UN
- Ruth Wedgwood , Professor of International Law and Diplomacy, Johns Hopkins University
Accreditations and memberships
- special consultation status with the UN ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council)
- Associated NGO at the UN DPI (Department of Public Information), see UN Secretariat
- Member of the United Nations Association of the USA (UNA-USA)
Web links
- Official website
- UN Watch , Institute for Policy Studies Right Web , Tracking militarists' efforts to influence US foreign policy.
Individual evidence
- ^ UN Watch, Executive Director: Hillel Neuer
- ↑ a b Mission and History. UN Watch, accessed July 1, 2019 .
- ↑ UN Watch Cooperation with NGOs