United Nations

World Bank Pledges Support to Chinese Social Protection

December 16, 2015

World Bank Country Director for China Bert Hofman spotlights the impact of social protection measures in China as the "key" to the alleviation of poverty among the Chinese people, including only a brief mention of the massive economic growth the country has experienced in recent years as a "factor."
World Bank Warns of Widespread Climate-Induced Poverty

December 15, 2015

The World Bank has published an article warning that, without a massive effort to limit global warming and reduce its effects on people in developing countries, the phenomenon will drive over 100 million people into poverty, increase malnutrition, and spread disease by the year 2030.
Commission Offers Lower Bar for "Customary" Law

December 15, 2015

C-FAM reports that new guidelines offered to the UN General Assembly by the International Law Commission would lower the bar for what constitutes "customary international law," used by attorneys and judges to determine a country's international legal obligations, by looking to conduct that is "sufficiently widespread and representative" rather than universal.
Observers Call for Global Sovereign-Debt Regime

December 09, 2015

The Centre for International Governance Innovation ("CIGI") has published an article calling for the establishment of an international regime on sovereign debt based on a set of nine principles on sovereign-debt restructuring approves by the UN General Assembly in September.
ILO Applauds G20 "Priorities" on Economic Inequality

December 08, 2015

An article from the UN's International Labour Organization ("ILO") praises the pay-off of the agency's involvement in meetings with Group of 20 ("G20") leaders that it says has helped lead to the adoption of "policy priorities" on reducing economic inequality and making labor markets "more inclusive."
Schaefer: Reduce UN Salary Costs

December 08, 2015

Asserting that UN salaries have risen higher than the salaries of similar staff in the US, Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation has called for the US to urge the reduction of UN salaries, benefits, and allowances, and to seek a freeze in UN salaries until they match the amount received in the US federal government.
Activists Seek Education Initiative in UN Climate Deal

December 07, 2015

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has applauded activists' successful push to include language that advocates school curricula on sustainable development and climate change in negotiations over a UN agreement on global warming.
UN Pushes "Greening" of Technical Education

December 07, 2015

A UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") initiative recently held a "virtual conference" on including the UN's environmental agenda in technical and vocational education and training around the world in order to counter climate change.
China, France Call for Five-Year Reviews in Climate Deal

December 04, 2015

Reuters reports that the Presidents of China and France have agreed to push for five-year reviews of countries' progress on implementing a UN climate agreement seeking to limit greenhouse gases currently under negotiation in Paris.
WHO Points to Catastrophic Health Effects of Climate Change

December 04, 2015

Head of public health at the UN's World Health Organization ("WHO") Maria Neira has warned of a long train of negative health effects caused by global warming, including strokes, lung cancer, risks from natural disasters, food and water shortage, and infections.