UN Watch

UN Watch is a Geneva-based human rights organization founded in 1993 to monitor UN compliance with the principles of its Charter. It is accredited as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status to the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and as an Associate NGO to the UN Department of Public Information (DPI).

Most Recent Articles by UN Watch:

Outrage at UN: Democracies Enable Iran, China, Cuba to Oversee Human Rights Bodies April 10, 2026

Canada, France, Spain, Norway, the Netherlands, Australia, the UK, Finland, Switzerland, Austria, and Finland joined in the election of serial abusers of human rights;

New Database Maps Hamas Infiltration of UNRWA, Hundreds Exposed November 4, 2025

VIEW THE UNRWA TERROR NETWORK

Freed Belarus Opposition Leader Addresses UN Days After 5-Year Prison Ordeal June 30, 2025

Tikhanovsky appealed to the world: "Now I want everyone to be free. More than 1000 people are still behind bars. We must fight for each and every one of them."

U.S. Urges Ouster of UN Envoy Over Pro-Hamas Funding May 21, 2025

UN Watch Report: Francesca Albanese Lied About “External Groups” Funding Her Travel, “Inappropriate” Invoices for Lectures

UN Watch Welcomes Historic U.S. Justice Department Reversal Stripping UNRWA of Immunity April 28, 2025

UN Watch pledged to continue supporting victims seeking justice and to urge other governments to take similar action against UNRWA and its officials, including Philippe Lazzarini

In UN Debate, Iran Fails Bid to Silence Swedish MP Who Called Rulers “Brutal Tyrants” March 18, 2025

I say to the people of Iran: Your courage shakes the foundation of the Ayatollahs. We see you. We hear you. And we will not stop until your voices rise, freely and fearlessly.

UN Condemns Israel 17 Times, 6 on Rest of World December 20, 2024

General Assembly backs UNRWA, ignores revelations of school principals doubling as Hamas terrorists

Swiss Parliament Adopts Motion to “Immediately Suspend” Support for UNRWA September 10, 2024

UNRWA Sued For Promoting Terrorism

Whitewash: Rigged UNRWA Probe Ignored Evidence of Terror Ties April 23, 2024

Former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna, head of the probe, said from the start that her probe was designed for donors to "regain confidence" in UNRWA

Hillel Neuer brings UN Watch’s case against UNRWA before U.S. Congress: February 27, 2024

We should not be surprised by what happened on October 7th because that is the message that these Palestinians got for more than 70 years in UNRWA schools

Mother of Israeli Hostage Abducted by UNRWA Social Worker to Speak Monday at Summit in Geneva February 25, 2024

UN Admits: UN Women Deputy Chief’s Anti-Israel Tweets ‘Violated Code of Conduct’ December 27, 2023

Yet Ms. Douglas carries on without rebuke

China joins U.N. human rights panel, sparking protest April 4, 2020

China an authoritarian regime that oppresses human rights activists, dissidents and minorities

Top UN official threatens U.S. officers with “criminal liability” January 5, 2020

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UN Watch Demands UNRWA Chief Resign July 31, 2019

UNRWA chief Pierre Krähenbühl resign from his post, in wake of an internal UN ethics report documenting credible and corroborated allegations of sexual misconduct, nepotism and corruption

China, Russia, Nicaragua, Bangladesh Win Seats On UN Organ Overseeing Human Rights June 20, 2019

UN Watch called on UN chief Antonio Guterres, UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet and the EU’s Federica Mogherini to condemn the election of dictatorships to ECOSOC

WHO Singles Out Israel As Violator of Health Rights At Annual Meeting May 23, 2019

UNRWA teachers' incitement to terrorism and violence on the mental health of Palestinian children

UN Watch Condemns Venezuela for Arrest of 85-year-old Activist February 2, 2018

Agents of the Sebin intelligence service have detained Enrique Aristeguieta Gramcko, an eminent lawyer, historian, and former politician

The Top 10 Most Evil U.N. Actions of 2017 December 27, 2017

Denied Venezuelan Hunger, Mugabe as Goodwill Ambassador, Putin the Victim, Rewarding Genocidal Syria:

UN slams Israel 6 times, uses Islamic-only term for Temple Mount, denying Jewish, Christian heritage December 1, 2017

Today's resolution on Jerusalem refers to the Temple Mount exclusively by its Islamic name, Haram al-Sharif.

U.N. to condemn Israel 9 times November 12, 2017

Text slams Israel for "repressive measures in occupied Syrian Golan"

U.S. should deport Rutgers professor who represented Syria, abetted genocide November 6, 2017

• Justifies the war crimes of the genocidal Assad regime
• Claims Israel officials trafficking in children's organs

Scandal: Qatar, Congo, Pakistan set to join U.N.’s top rights body; UN Watch urges ‘No&# October 16, 2017

“For the UN to elect Qatar, Congo or Pakistan as a world judge on human rights is like a making a pyromaniac into the town fire chief.”

AMBUSHED: U.N. Heads Turn in Stunned Disbelief as PLO Lies Exposed by Palestinian Hero September 28, 2017

U.N. Clash: Son of Hamas Chief Calls PA ‘Enemy of the Palestinian People’ September 25, 2017

Ex-Hamas member Mosab Hassan Yousef addressing the United Nations

Wife of Jailed Saudi Blogger to Address U.N. Rights Council With Saudi Ambassador Present September 19, 2017

For the first time ever, Ensaf Haidar, author and wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, will address the United Nations, in a Human Rights Council address scheduled for Tuesday in Geneva.

Russia gave $50,000 to UN expert who wrote report calling Russia a victim September 14, 2017

Rights Activists Urge Democracies to Expel Maduro from UNHRC September 4, 2017

U.N. Must Hold Urgent Session on Venezuela Amid Midnight Arrest of Opposition Leaders August 1, 2017

Hebron Vote: UNESCO Denies Biblical Christian & Jewish Heritage July 7, 2017

The resolution dismisses the Jewish and Christian heritage of the Biblical city of Hebron