UN Watch director elected Vice-President of the UN Special Committee of NGOs on Human Rights
As reported in a February 20, 2008 press release, Director of UN Watch, Hillel Neuer, was elected vice-president of the Geneva-based Special Committee of NGOs on Human Rights, part of the worldwide Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (CONGO): “The Special Committee is composed of more than 50 NGOs with UN consultative status that are active on a range of human rights issues. It works to bring together international NGOs, improve their cooperation, disseminate information, and increase their exchanges with the United Nations and its agencies.”