United Nations

Pope's Adviser Criticizes Opposition to UN Climate Agenda

May 13, 2015

The Hill reports that Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, a close adviser to Pope Francis, has targeted capitalism as the driver of "premature criticism" in the U.S. to the Pope's planned encyclical on climate change.
Judge Counters UN on Whistleblower Dismissal

May 13, 2015

George Russell reports that Judge Thomas Laker of the UN Dispute Tribunal has found that the UN's dismissal of an employee who passed information regarding alleged sexual abuse of children by French and African troops to French authorities was unlawful.
UN Official Seeks Strengthened Governance of Forests

May 13, 2015

UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson has called on countries to agree to a strengthened International Arrangement on Forests, which in part seeks "equitable sharing of forest and forest products" and seeks to advance the UN's agenda on climate change.
UN Continues Global Citizenship Education Push

May 13, 2015

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has published an article describing how it is seeking to advance its Global Citizenship Education program, which teaches young people about the UN human rights and climate agendas, in education systems around the world.
UN Officials Seek Open Inquiry on U.S. Drone Strikes

May 12, 2015

Following the Obama Administration's recent admission of the killing of civilians through a drone strike, a group of UN independent experts have called upon the U.S. to pursue a transparent investigation of drone strikes when there is a "plausible allegation" of civilian deaths or serious injuries.
UN Promotes Global Warming Education in Middle East

May 12, 2015

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") recently held a meeting of UN and national officials in Beirut to discuss the promotion of its Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development agenda in the Arab region.
UN Launches Sex Education Media in Africa

May 11, 2015

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has announced a new initiative in which they broadcast "comprehensive sexuality education" through radio and television programs targeting young people in Africa.
Business Advisor to Australian Prime Minister Criticizes Climate Change Agenda

May 08, 2015

In an op-ed published in The Australian in advance of an upcoming visit to Australia by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN's Framework on Climate Change, Maurice Newman, Chairman of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's Business Advisory Council, describes the climate change agenda as an attempt to create a new world order under the control of the United Nations that "is opposed to capitalism and freedom."
UNEP, EU Cooperate on Global Climate Agenda

May 08, 2015

The UN Environment Programme ("UNEP") has announced a new cooperation agreement with the European Commission in order to promote the UN's agenda on sustainability and climate change.
Eldar: UNRWA Takes No Responsibility for Weapons at Shelters

May 07, 2015

Shlomi Eldar of Al-Monitor argues that a recent UN report on the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in 2014 fails to hold the UN Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA") responsible for the storage of Palestinian weapons at UNRWA shelters during the conflict.