UNRWA has been mired in scandal these last few years. In 2019, its Commissioner-General, Pierre Krähenbühl, resigned after becoming embroiled in a scandal involving accusations of nepotism, abuses of authority, and having an affair with an employee who did no discernible work but traveled around the world with him, an animated merkin flying first-class and […]
Democracies Should Quit the UN Human Rights Council
Of the many bodies at the UN, perhaps the worst – worse even than the General Assembly – is the UN Human Rights Council. It is highly selective in its indignation. China, a member of the UNHRC, imprisons and reeducates one, two, possibly even three million Uighurs. But no one at the UNHRC will ever […]
UNHRC Special Rapporteur Declares Israeli Settlements ‘A War Crime.’ Here’s Why He’s Wrong.
It’s not enough that Israel is perennially in the dock at the UN Human Rights Council, according to its permanent Agenda item #7, “Human rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories.” Israel is the whipping boy of the UNHRC. It has had more resolutions against it adopted by the UNHRC than have […]
Biden Administration Wants to Return to the UNHRC
Of all the UN’s various bodies and agencies, UNRWA and the UN Human Rights Council are the most dedicated, in their different ways, to blackening the image of Israel. The UNHRC includes among its current members such countries as China, Russia, and Pakistan, all well-known for their solicitousness for human rights. The Council has on […]