United Nations

US Implicates Former UNGA President in Corruption Scheme

October 07, 2015

In a continuing pattern of corruption among officials of the UN and other international organizations, US prosecutors in Manhattan have arrested former UN General Assembly ("UNGA") President John Ashe and accused him of accepting bribes from a Chinese real estate developer in return for investment opportunities in Ashe's home country, Antigua.
UN Pushes for Sustainability Education in Schools

October 07, 2015

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has announced that it is supporting a global project in which it encourages education ministers around the world to engage students on the recently adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals and on climate change.
UK Criticizes UN Agent's Comments on Bill of Rights Plans

October 05, 2015

UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab has criticized as "irresponsible" comments from the UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Méndez calling a yet-to-be-released proposal for a British Bill of Rights "dangerous and pernicious."
UN Seeks "Sustainability" Lessons in Journalism Education

October 02, 2015

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has released a report on how to integrate the UN's "sustainable development" agenda in the education of journalists around the world.
UN Agent Criticizes World Bank Approach to Human Rights

October 02, 2015

UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston has criticized the World Bank for failing to integrate the UN human rights agenda into its project funding, calling the institution's approach to human rights outdated and politically motivated.
UNESCO Seeks Climate Response to Terrorism

October 02, 2015

Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") Irina Bokova has called for governments to take into account the influence of global warming in the rise of such terrorist groups as Boko Haram as they prepare for climate negotiations in Paris in December.
UN Pushes Integration of SDGs in National Systems

September 30, 2015

The UN Development Group has announced that it is pushing for the implementation of the recently adopted UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), which call for ending poverty and limiting inequality and climate change by 2030, by seeking their integration into "national and local strategies, plans, and budgets."
UN Agent Warns Against "Privatizing" Education

September 30, 2015

Arguing that reliance on private education could increase inequality and benefit only the wealthy, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to education Kishore Singh has called for countries to respond to the adoption of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs") by offering "good quality public education" to all.
Relief Group Calls for "Downsizing" UN Humanitarian Role

September 30, 2015

The nonprofit relief organization Mercy has published a report arguing that because UN humanitarian efforts have been "too centralized, top down and U.N. focused," they have not been as effective as private relief agencies in humanitarian disaster areas such as Syria.
UN Official Pushes Financial Tax to Aid Migrants

September 28, 2015

UN Under-Secretary-General Philippe Douste-Blazy has co-authored an article in which he calls for the European Union to impose a tax on transactions between financial institutions in order to fund European countries accepting migrants from North Africa and the Middle East and to provide "Global Public Goods" to developing countries.