Transnational Bodies

ICANN Chief: Transfer to Global Governance on Track for 2016

June 03, 2015

Reuters reports that the CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), which contracts with the U.S. government to maintain the infrastructure of the internet, says the process of the U.S. giving up oversight of the body to a multi-stakeholder, international group is on track for the end of 2016.
Article: GDP Is Not Accurate Basis of Global Leadership

June 03, 2015

Professor Lorenzo Fioramonti of the University of Pretoria (South Africa) writes that the concept of gross domestic product ("GDP") should be abandoned as a basis for global leadership in favor of social, economic, and environmental factors.
Climate Coalition Pushes for Short-Term Pollutants Policies

June 02, 2015

A U.S.-led task force at a meeting of the Climate and Clean Air Coalition's ("CCAC") recent High Level Assembly in Geneva sought to scale up CCAC's future advancement of the UN's climate change agenda by pushing countries to reduce "short-lived climate pollutants."
North American Countries Sign Climate Accord

June 01, 2015

Reuters reports that the U.S., Mexico, and Canada have agreed to form a working group to harmonize energy policies to fight global warming.
OSCE Expresses Concern on Canadian Anti-terror Legislation

May 22, 2015

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic has warned that anti-terror legislation the Canadian Parliament is considering could limit the right to free expression by prohibiting promotion and advocacy of certain acts.
ICANN Sees Future Internet Governance by Multilateral Group

May 20, 2015

The head of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") Fadi Chehade has predicted that by the end of 2015 the oversight of ICANN, which controls the assignment of internet addresses, would be in the hands of a group of governments, civil society groups, and businesses, rather than the U.S.
Article Warns of Decline of Global Governance

May 13, 2015

Stewart Patrick and Isabella Bennett of the Council on Foreign Relations argue that the authority of global governance institutions has recently declined to the detriment of countries' ability to deal with transnational problems.
OECD Calls for Countries to Tackle Binge Drinking

May 13, 2015

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") has called on countries to adopt policies to reduce excessive consumption of alcohol, including by increasing taxes on alcoholic drinks or imposing a minimum price for such drinks.
OSCE Warns on Media Impacts of French Surveillance Legislation

May 11, 2015

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic has warned France that surveillance legislation passed by the National Assembly would threaten the rights of journalists to protect the confidentiality of their sources.
OSCE Pushes for Official Legal Status

May 08, 2015

In a recent seminar held by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE"), diplomats and OSCE Parliamentarians called for the legal status of the international organization to be strengthened in order to more effectively deal with international crises.