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Founded | 1993[1] |
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Type | Non-governmental organization[1] |
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Fields | UN 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] |
Website | www |
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]
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