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{{stub}}UN Watch, a Geneva-based group, was founded in 1993 to monitor the performance of the United Nations and with a stated mission of promoting human rights, but with an prime emphasis on the coverage of Israeli violations of human rights. It is an accredited non-governmental organization with the UN ECOSOC and has affiliate status with the UN DPI.  It has been founded and funded by the American Jewish Committee since 2001. UN Watch led the largest NGO coalition at the UN Human Rights Council special session on Darfur in December 2006. ==Nexus to AJC==Ian Williams, a journalist covering the UN for many years and former president of the United Nations Correspondents Association, summarizes UN Watch's role::UN Watch is an organisation whose main purpose is to attack the United Nations in general, and its human rights council in particular, for alleged bias against Israel.<ref>Ian Williams, [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/apr/04/itwasamakemydayevent Casting the first stone], Guardian, 4 April 2007.</ref> UN Watch has been funded by the [[American Jewish Committee]] since 2001. It claims to have 'complete independence' from the AJC.<ref>Leon Saltiel [[UN Watch email to Spinwatch on 'Inaccuracies'|Inaccuracies]] email to Spinwatch, 3 July 2006.</ref>  However, a press release from its site notes that UN Watch is to become 'fully integrated' into the AJC. The release concludes::Eighteen months ago, the [[American Jewish Committee]] and the [[World Jewish Congress]] reached an agreement, approved by the international board of UN Watch, to transfer full control of the organization to AJC, an agreement that went into effect on January 1, 2001.<ref>AJC Media Release, "[http://www.ajc.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=ijITI2PHKoG&b=849241&ct=866815 UN Watch, AJC Seal Partnership]", ''American Jewish Committee'', 4 January 2001</ref> ==The main activities of UN Watch==*Monitor UN activities, resolutions, or official statements that are construed to be critical of Israel.<ref>This can be confirmed through a perusal of their [http://www.unwatch.org/site/c.bdKKISNqEmG/b.1316871/k.8F03/Press_Releases/apps/nl/newsletter2.asp press releases].</ref>*Lobby for the removal of UN personnel who are considered critical of Israel<ref>UN Watch has been vociferous about UN personnel like Mary Robinson, Peter Hansen, Jean Ziegler.</ref>*Forming coalitions to leverage influence at the UN. This also entails assisting the interests of other groups to later count on their support.<ref>See for example:*Tovah Lazaroff, [http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=209294 70 rights groups call on UN to condemn Tripoli], Jerusalem Post, 22 February 2011. UN Watch organizes petitions/demand writing with dozens of signatories. In return UN Watch signs on to petitions/demands favorable to the previous signatories. The deceptive aspect about this is that it enables UN Watch to allay the image of being a "single-issue" organization.*See this coalition UN Watch organized for a [http://cm.greekhelsinki.gr/index.php?sec=194&cid=1337 censure motion].*UN Watch appears as one of the main participants in [[CONGO]], an organization that brings together disparate NGOs seeking to lobby the UN. The premise is that the NGOs working in tandem can have greater influence and assist one another obtain their aims.</ref>*Lobby for the inclusion of AJC approved personnel; this is a standard operating procedure by the American Jewish Committee<ref>see AJC News Update Number 212, 28 June 2006.</ref> ==Principals==*[[Morris B. Abram]] &ndash; Founder (died 2000)*[[Alfred H. Moses]] &ndash; Chairman *[[Hillel Neuer]] &ndash; Executive Director *[[Elizabeth Cassidy]] &ndash; Assistant Executive Director===Board of Directors===*[[David A. Harris]] (Co-Chair)<ref name=board></ref>*[[Per Ahlmark]] (European Co-Chair)<ref name=board>UN Watch: [http://www.unwatch.org/site/c.bdKKISNqEmG/b.1313591/k.954F/Mission__History.htm History]: Board Members (Accessed: 14 January 2012)</ref>*[[Irwin Cotler]]<ref name=board></ref>*[[Max Jakobson]] <ref name=board></ref>*[[Ruth Wedgwood]]<ref name=board></ref>*[[Jeane Kirkpatrick]] (deceased) former US Permanent Representative to the UN in New York ===Staff===*[[Eve Gani]]<ref name=salt>ibid.</ref>*[[Michael Inlander]]<ref>ibid.</ref>*[[Jonas Waechter]]<ref>ibid.</ref>*[[Natasha Sarraf]]<ref>ibid.</ref>===Former Staff===*[[Pablo Kapusta]] &ndash; Media Relations<ref>Wilmer Hale: [http://www.wilmerhale.com/pablo_kapusta/ profile] (Accessed: 18 December 2011.)</ref>*[[Leon Saltiel]]<ref name=salt>[http://www.unwatch.org/site/apps/nl/content2.asp?c=bdKKISNqEmG&b=1330819&ct=1760293 Source]</ref>*[[Jardena Lande]]<ref>ibid.</ref> ==Affiliations==*[[American Jewish Committee]] (parent organization)*[[World Jewish Congress]] (jointly controlled the organization with [[AJC]] until 2001)*[[Transatlantic Institute]] (another AJC operation)*[[Friedrich Naumann Stiftung]] &ndash; co-sponsors events with UN Watch ==Geneva Summit Award Winners=====2015===[[Masih Alinejad]] (Iran) ===2016===[[Antonio Ledezma]] (Venezuela)  ==Geneva Summit Particiapants==[[Darya Safai]] (Iran) ==Similar Organizations==*[[Eye on the UN]]*[[NGO Monitor]] ==Contact=====Address=== :1 rue de Varembé,(PO Box 191):1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland. :Email: unwatch AT unwatch.org:Website: [http://www.unwatch.org/ www.unwatch.org]:Phone: +41 22 734 14 72

UN Watch==Affiliations==*[[CONGO]]==External Resources==*Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, Paul de Rooij and David Miller, a Geneva[http://spinwatch.org/-articles-by-category-mainmenu-8/62-international-politics/4998-un-watch-front-based group, was founded in 1993 to monitor the performance of the United Nations by the yardstick of its own Charter and promotes human rights -for all. It is an accredited non-governmental organization with the -american-jewish-committee UN ECOSOC and has affiliate status with the UN DPI. It has been affiliated with Watch: Front Group for the American Jewish Committee since 2001], Spinwatch. UN Watch led the largest NGO coalition at the UN Human Rights Council special session on Darfur in December 2006org, 8 June 2008. [1] It has often appealed to the UN to take stronger action on Darfur. [2]