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Exchange with NIF on NGOs Analysis

The following represents NIFs response to the article authored by Shamai Lebowitz and published in the March 2005 on-line version of The Nation and the reaction to the article posted in the NGO Monitor on April 4, 2005.

"Geneva Panel of UN Experts Questions Annans Human Rights Reforms"

A panel of UN Experts and senior diplomats leveled strong critiques against key elements of the reports recently presented by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the High Level Panel he tasked to propose reforms for overhaul of the world body. In the first-ever debate...

Correspondence with Christian Aid Director Daleep Mukharji, following Gerald Steinbergs op-ed, "The Unhelpful Hand: Time to Free the Palestinians From NGOs", Wall Street Journal - Europe

With regards to Gerald Steinbergs commentary "The Unhelpful Hand" (editorial page, Jan. 10) it is necessary to point out that Mr. Steinberg and the NGO Monitor have long waged a campaign against those international development, relief and human rights organizations which seek to alleviate poverty and suffering in the Middle East...

"The Rabbi Who Pricks Israels Conscience"

Rabbi Arik Ascherman has spent years planting himself atop doomed Palestinian homes, reading extracts of international law to Israeli forces as they demolish the buildings beneath his feet...

Letter from NGO Monitor to Ken Roth (In response to HRW's statement to 61st session of the UNCHR)

NGO Monitor welcomes the elements in HRW's statement on "Concerns for the 61st Session of the U.N. Commission on Human Rights" (March 2005) that point to a change in your long-standing political agenda. In particular, we support the call on the UNCHR to halt the neglect of "abuses by Palestinian armed groups" (i.e., terrorists), to actively condemn "deliberate and indiscriminant [sic] attacks on civilians" and to...

"NGO Coalition Blasts Syria at U.N. Human Rights Commission"

Testifying today before the UN Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, a multinational coalition of 11 NGOs, including UN Watch, Freedom House and Canadas Droits et Democratie, blasted Syria for gross human rights violations arising...

"GP Mag Says Sorry For Leaflet"

A JOURNAL for doctors has apologised for offence caused by an insert for a Palestinian charity. GP Magazine has received a number of complaints over the leaflet, appealing for donations to Medical Aid for Palestinians...