UN WATCH
The U.N.’s Top 10 Worst Anti-Israel Actions of 2020
January 13, 2021

10. UN’s ECOSOC Singles Out Israel for “Violating Women’s Rights”: Iran, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Belarus were among member states of the UN’s 54-nation Economic and Social Council that voted to single out Israel as the only country in the world to be rebuked this year for allegedly violating women’s rights. The UN resolution accused Israel of being a “major obstacle” for Palestinian women “with regard to the fulfillment of their rights” and “their advancement, self-reliance and integration in the development of their society.” UN Watch’s protest sparked outrage in Uruguay, one of the countries that supported the resolution, and this led to the country’s foreign minister apologizing for the vote—and actually firing his director-general. Since then, Uruguay has changed a number of its UN votes in favor of Israel. BUT WAIT, THERE ARE NINE MORE