Posts Tagged: UNHCR
Palestinian Authority Promotes Refugee Resettlement, Except for Palestinians
The official Palestinian Authority (PA) news agency, WAFA, recently republished a statement by the the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) calling for the resettlement of millions...
UNRWA vs. UNHCR: How the UN Created a Permanent Refugee Class
For more than 70 years, the United Nations has administered two refugee systems operating under the same flag but guided by fundamentally different moral compasses....
Lebanon to Begin Returning Syrian Refugees, Despite Rights Groups’ Fears
Lebanon will start sending Syrian refugees back to their home country at the end of next week, Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday, despite...
US Pushes to Suspend Russia From Human Rights Council
The United States will ask the UN General Assembly to suspend Russia from the Human Rights Council, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield...
Government-Tied Turkish Organizations Support Global Jihadists and Islamists
Turkish organizations with close ties to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's administration are partnering with, and supplying aid to, global jihadists and Islamist groups, a study...
Report: Since Inception, UNHRC Condemned Israel More Than Rest of World’s Countries Combined
Since its inception nine years ago, the United Nations Human Rights Council has issued more official condemnations of Israel than the rest of the world’s...
Israeli Watchdog Criticizes UN Gaza War Report for Sourcing From Non-Transparent NGOs
Several of the nongovernmental organizations that fed the United National Human Rights Council with information leading to its allegations of Israeli and Hamas war crimes...
UN Agency Attacks Israel for Policy on Illegal Immigrants
Ynet - UNHCR representative in Israel, Walpurga Englbrecht said the new 'open' Holot facility is in fact a detention center for all manner and purpose. "I am...
UN Agencies Prevent Peace in Israel
The John Kerry-Martin Indyk negotiating team needs to come to terms with the fact that the crux of the Middle East conflict is rooted in...
