Trending UN Watch tweets from May: Russian diplomat
to the UN in Geneva resigns in protest; North Korea takes over as chair of Disarmament Conference; Amnesty and Human Rights Watch silent as Israelis murdered by terrorists and Iranians slaughtered for protesting; China elected to WHO Executive Board; Ilhan Omar blames sanctions on Russia for global food shortages and accuses Israel of murder; UN human rights chief makes China propaganda visit; UNHRC rights expert receives money from China; and more.
BREAKING: 🇷🇺 Russia’s Counsellor to the United Nations in Geneva has resigned.
Boris Bondarev: “Never have I been so ashamed of my country.”
UN Watch is now calling on all other Russian diplomats at the United Nations-and worldwide-to follow his moral example and resign.
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 23, 2022
Exclusive: Russia’s counsellor to the UN resigned, the most senior diplomat to defect since the war began. "Boris Bondarev is a hero," said UN Watch's Hillel Neuer. "We call on all other Russian diplomats worldwide to follow his moral example and resign."https://t.co/MRVbUkZaSj
- UN Watch (@UNWatch) May 23, 2022
This is best news on Russia @UNGeneva since we spearheaded its expulsion from the Human Rights Council. https://t.co/gUOyUpGbKC
Emotional to receive this news from UN sources while here @OsloFF #OsloFreedomForum listening to @ekaramurza speak about her husband @vkaramurza. /27 pic.twitter.com/0DKeoa33YW
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 23, 2022
North Korea Takes Over as Chair of Disarmament Conference
North Korea to chair UN’s Disarmament Conference starting Monday. This is the whole tweet.
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 25, 2022
BREAKING: 🇰🇵 North Korea has just taken over as chair of the Conference on Disarmament here at the United Nations in Geneva. This is not a joke.
When they preside at tomorrow's meeting, our coalition of 40 UN-accredited NGOs is calling on all democracies to walk out.
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 30, 2022
Having the North Korean regime of Kim Jong-un preside over global nuclear weapons disarmament will be like putting a serial rapist in charge of a women’s shelter.
Our appeal for countries to walk out, signed by 40 civil society groups worldwide: https://t.co/NQeSiyfcOh /2
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 30, 2022
Amnesty and Human Rights Watch Silent as Israelis Murdered by Terrorists and Iranians Slaughtered for Protesting
3 Jewish fathers in Israel were just murdered with axes and knives by Palestinian terrorists, leaving 16 orphans.
Hamas’ Yahya Sinwar last week incited attacks: “Whoever does not have a gun should prepare his cleaver, axe, or knife.”
Amnesty and Human Rights Watch were silent.
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 5, 2022
.@amnesty @AgnesCallamard People are getting slaughtered on the streets of Iran for protesting the regime. You have done 0 tweets. Do not be silent. History will never forgive you.
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 18, 2022
China Elected to WHO Executive Board
BREAKING: 🇨🇳 China has just been elected by acclamation to the World Health Organization’s Executive Board.
This is the regime that crushed those in Wuhan like Dr. Li Wenliang who courageously tried to warn the world about the coronavirus.
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 27, 2022
Sources:
1. Official WHO list of endorsed candidates including China: https://t.co/00yGIHv0gA
2. Video of this morning’s #WHA75 election of China and others by acclamation. Not a single democracy spoke out to object. pic.twitter.com/xv6OHf2agf
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 27, 2022
Ilhan Omar Blames Sanctions on Russia for Global Food Shortages; Accuses Israel of Murder
No, Congresswoman, sanctions on Russia are not causing the global food shortages, rising prices, and threat of hunger. It’s the Russian military physically blocking 22 million tons of Ukrainian food exports in 🇺🇦 seaports. Will you call on Moscow to end its blockade? https://t.co/ymow2J3MPO
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 29, 2022
Congresswoman, why do you instinctively accuse Israel of murder when the Palestinian medical examiner said there’s no evidence?
Why were you silent as Palestinian terrorists have now killed 19 Israelis with axes, knives and guns?
Why do you condemn Israel for combating terror? https://t.co/xX3JXGT4jD
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 11, 2022
UN Human Rights Chief Makes China Propaganda Visit
Horrific: photo-op of UN human rights chief @mbachelet receiving a special gift book of “Xi Jinping on Respecting & Promoting Human Rights” while Xi is herding 1 million Uyghurs in camps, trampling Tibet, persecuting Christians, crushing Hong Kong and jailing political prisoners. https://t.co/F7kAgXpDTq
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 24, 2022
Everything is fine here at the UN in Geneva:
🇺🇳 Friday: China elected to World Health Organization's Executive Board.
🇺🇳 Today: UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet ended a visit to China by echoing Beijing propaganda.
🇺🇳 Monday: North Korea takes over as chair of UN Disarmament. pic.twitter.com/6o1hINCYj3
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 29, 2022
UNHRC Rights Expert Receives Money from China
Today I will reveal which so-called independent human rights expert at the United Nations Human Rights Council received $25,000 from Qatar, $150,000 from Russia and $200,000 from China. pic.twitter.com/2EEUOtDBek
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 16, 2022
U.N.believable: 🇨🇳 China gave $200,000 to 🇺🇳 U.N. human rights envoy Alena Douhan to help the regime whitewash their ethnic cleansing of the Uyghurs.
Tomorrow Douhan wraps up a propaganda visit to Iran.
We are calling on @USAmbUN to condemn this cynical abuse of the UN.
🧵: https://t.co/bYJQvZlLQX pic.twitter.com/k1fkLoDDN5
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 17, 2022
She’s not independent
She took $200,000 from China
She took $150,000 from Russia
She took $25,000 from Qatar
She’s not a human rights expert
She went to Iran & didn’t meet with dissidents
She didn’t meet with prisoners
She said nothing as regime killed protesters during her visit https://t.co/hSZdNCw8kW- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 19, 2022
Amnesty Claims No Excuse for Racism
1. https://t.co/wC0hCrjfhK pic.twitter.com/DiMjEsfwEv
- Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) May 21, 2022
Liking, retweeting, following: UN Watch tweets were liked and shared by thousands around the world, including by opinion leaders and celebrities such as:
- Former UN Security Council President Diego Arria, former NATO Deputy Secretary-General Rose Gottemoeller, former Vice-President of the European Commission Viviane Reding
- Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza & activist Leonid Volkov, world chess champion Garry Kasparov, Cuban human rights activist Rosa María Payá, Iranian women’s rights activist Masih Alinejad, Saudi dissident Raif Badawi, Uyghur American activist Rushan Abbas, Zimbabwean pro-democracy activist Pastor Evan Mawarire, Venezuelan opposition politician Armando Armas, former Afghan mayor Zarifa Ghafari, Chinese cartoonist Badiucao
- Permanent Mission of Lithuania to the UN
- Former Canadian ambassador to the UN Louise Blais, former Canadian immigration minister Chris Alexander, MPs Melissa Lantsman & Heather McPherson
- UK MPs Tom Tugendhat, Alicia Kearns, Layla Moran, Stewart McDonald & Alison Thewliss, Members of UK House of Lords Sarah Ludford, Simon McDonald, Malcolm Bruce & Gavin Barwell
- Swedish MEP Charlie Weimers, Dutch MEP Peter van Dalen, Irish Minister for European Affairs Thomas Byrne, Irish MEP Sean Kelly, Swiss MP Kathy Riklin, German MEP Damian Boeselager
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies president Clifford May, CEO Mark Dubowitz & senior VP research Jonathan Schanzer, Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies executive director Kyle Matthews, Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China coordinator Luke de Pulford, Simon Wiesenthal Center
- U.S. singer David Draiman, U.S. actress Morgan Fairchild, UK TV presenter Rachel Riley, Miss Iraq Sarah Idan, former NBA basketball player Andrew Bogut, NASA astronaut Terry Virts, UK adventurer and TV presenter Bear Grylls
Many journalists also liked or shared UN Watch’s tweets, including:
- CNN anchor Jake Tapper, senior global affairs analyst Bianna Golodryga, international diplomatic editor Nic Robertson, senior political analyst and anchor John Avlon, contributor Frida Ghitis & reporter Melissa Mahtani, CNBC anchor Carl Quintanilla, Washington Post opinion editor Christian Caryl, Wall St. Journal special writer Gregory Zuckerman, National Review senior editor Jay Nordlinger, contributing editor Andrew Stuttaford & foreign affairs reporter James Quinn, Bloomberg Opinion executive editor Tim O’Brien, Fox News chief political anchor Bret Baier & host Sara Carter, VOA News reporter Salem Solomon, New York Post journalist Jon Levine, Daily Caller editor-in-chief Geoffrey Ingersoll, New York Sun publisher Dovid Efune & news editor John Seeley, Washington Times national security correspondent Bill Gertz, former New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles
- BBC News Russia editor Steve Rosenberg & Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford, The Guardian Moscow correspondent Andrew Roth, UK presenter Anila Dhami, Daily Telegraph Asia correspondent Nicola Smith
- Sky News Australia host Rita Panahi
