We urge U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to speak out against gross and systematic anti-Israel discrimination by key United Nations bodies, which violates the equality guarantee of the United Nations Charter.

The pattern and practice of singling out the Jewish state for differential and discriminatory treatment is shocking. For example, as shown by the UN Watch database, at the General Assembly in 2024, Israel was targeted by 17 one-sided resolutions compared to only six resolutions on the entire rest of the world.

Meanwhile, there were zero resolutions adopted or introduced on the human rights situations in China, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Belarus, Cuba, Turkey, Pakistan, Vietnam, Algeria, or 175 other countries.

Likewise, since its founding in 2006, the UN Human Rights Council has adopted more resolutions against Israel than on Iran, Syria, and North Korea combined; convened more urgent sessions and inquiries on Israel than on any other country; and continues to single out Israel alone under a permanent agenda item at every session.

All governments must be held accountable for their human rights record. Yet the practice of focusing the UN human rights agenda disproportionately on Israel, while ignoring egregious violations in the rest of the world, constitutes politicized, selective, partial, and subjective behavior.

As the highest official of the United Nations, we urge Mr. Guterres to speak out strongly to condemn all forms of discrimination against Israel at the world body, which violate the letter and spirit of the United Nations Charter.