Reuters reported Monday that UN nuclear watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Yukiya Amano was increasing pressure on Iran to enhance transparency around its atomic program, after a September 7th IAEA report concluded that the Iranians were continuing to stonewall efforts to clarify the so-called “possible military dimensions” (PMDs)...

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Although the atrocities committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have gotten much of the attention in recent weeks, investigators from the United Nations today presented their report documenting that most of the violence against non-combatants in Syria has been perpetrated by the government of Syrian President...

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The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF), which was established in 1974 to “[m]aintain the ceasefire between Israel and Syria” and … “[s]upervise the areas of separation and limitation, as provided in the May 1974 Agreement on Disengagement,” withdrew its peacekeepers from Syrian territory today because “the situation has deteriorated...

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UN Watch reported Friday that William Schabas, recently appointed head of a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) commission to investigate Israel, once attempted to disqualify three judges who convicted him with “violating human rights and freedom” by accusing them of bias. In 1974, when Schabas was a Ph.D. student in...

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Forty five Fijian peacekeepers from the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in Syria were released today by al-Nusra Front, a terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda. The IDF has confirmed that the peacekeepers are now in Israel. YNet reports: The IDF spokesperson confirmed Thursday afternoon that the 45 Fijian peacekeepers that had been...

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The U.N. nuclear watchdog (IAEA) on Friday released its quarterly report (.pdf) on Iran’s obligations to enhance transparency around the country’s nuclear program, concluding – per the description published by Reuters – that Tehran had straightforwardly “failed to address concerns about suspected atomic bomb research by an agreed deadline.” The outlet also tersely...

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Doron and Gila Tragerman, parents of four year old Daniel Tragerman who was killed August 22 by shrapnel from a mortar shell that was fired from Gaza, wrote a letter to United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon asking him “to speak out about Hamas war crimes.” According to The Times of Israel,...

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The New York Times reported yesterday that the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, “expressed concern on Thursday that Syria’s government might be harboring undeclared chemical weapons.” Syria agreed to get rid of all of its chemical weapons last year after it was implicated in carrying out...

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UN Watch revealed today that William Schabas, a human rights law professor who was appointed to head the United Nation Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) commission to investigate possible war crimes during Operation Protective Edge, prejudged Israel in an interview he gave in July (audio embedded below). In the interview with the...

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The Associated Press reported Wednesday that an investigation by the UN’s nuclear watchdog into Iran’s atomic program had stalled, with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expected to issue a report noting as much and emphasizing that Iranian officials had failed to provide the information that the agency required to...

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