UN Watch

United Nations Watch
Founded1993[1]
TypeNon-governmental organization[1]
Location
FieldsUN monitoring, human rights advocacy
Key people
Alfred H. Moses, Chair;[1]
Per Ahlmark, David A. Harris, Co-Chairs;[1]
Hillel Neuer, Executive Director[2]
Morris B. Abram, Founder[3]
Websitewww.unwatch.org

UN Watch is a Geneva-based non-governmental organization (NGO) whose stated mission is "to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own Charter".[1] It is an accredited NGO in Special Consultative Status to the UN Economic and Social Council and an Associate NGO to the UN Department of Public Information.[4]

Agence France-Presse has described UN Watch as "a lobby group with strong ties to Israel".[5] The organisation has been active in denouncing human rights abuses worldwide, for instance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Darfur, China, Cuba, Russia and Venezuela, often using its allotted time at the UNHRC to allow for dissidents and human rights activists to speak. Primarily, UN Watch denounces what it views as anti-Israel sentiment at the UN and UN-sponsored events.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Mission and History". UN Watch. Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  2. ^ "UN Watch: Executive Director Hillel Neuer". Unwatch.org. 16 December 2006. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference founder was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Mission & History Archived 26 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, UN Watch
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference GazaAFP was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "Pro-Israel Activists Set To Do Battle At Durban II". Jewish Times. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  7. ^ "U.N. rights chief praises Durban II". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 8 September 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2011.