United Nations

UN Chief Pushes for Education to Produce “Global Citizens”

May 27, 2015

At the UN’s World Education Forum, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the Forum to produce a roadmap until 2030 that would focus on teaching students the UN’s human rights and sustainability agendas in order to encourage them to be “global citizens.”
Foundations Back Media Coverage of UN Development Goals

May 27, 2015

George Russell reports that the UN Foundation and an arm of media company Thomson Reuters have agreed to finance training sessions for journalists on the UN and to subsidize media coverage in order to drive publicity on the release of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals in countries across the world.
UN Agent Seeks Bolstered Detention Standards

May 27, 2015

The UN Special Rapporteur on torture Juan Méndez has called for the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to adopt a set of revised minimum standards for the treatment of prisoners aimed at expanding prisoners’ human rights protections.
UN Criticizes Pushback of Boats in Southeast Asia

May 27, 2015

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has expressed alarm regarding reports that Malaysia and Indonesia intercepted boats carrying migrants to these countries and sent them back to sea, arguing that countries must immediately disembark such boats.
UN Releases New Guidance on “Global Citizenship Education”

May 27, 2015

A report from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (“UNESCO”) seeks to guide countries regarding “topics and learning objectives” involved in implementing UNESCO’s “Global Citizenship Education” program in schools around the world.
UN Report Pushes Global Agenda Through Education

May 27, 2015

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (“UNESCO”) has released a report in which it calls for education of young people based on a “global common good,” focused on UN objectives such as “sustainability” and “international solidarity.”
Jolly: UN Should Drive Global Governance Agenda

May 26, 2015

Economist and UN observer Sir Richard Jolly has called on the UN to reinvigorate global governance by bringing a "humane" factor, focusing on human rights and development, back to the international agenda, which he argues is currently pre-occupied by economic and financial matters.
UN Agents Call for "Central" NGO Role in Development Goals

May 26, 2015

Advocating UN Sustainable Development Goals that are "firmly grounded" in the global human rights agenda, a group of "independent experts" appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have called for nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") to play a "central role" in the development of these goals.
UN Hosts Sustainability Forum for Asia Ministers

May 22, 2015

The UN Environment Programme recently hosted a forum of environment ministers and government authorities from Asian countries to discuss how countries could encourage "a greener and more inclusive growth path" and implement the upcoming UN Sustainable Development Goals.
UN Official Criticizes EU Migration Proposal

May 22, 2015

UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants François Crépeau has labeled the European Commission plan to deal with illegal migrants to the EU "woefully inadequate," calling for broader legal avenues for migrants to enter Europe and for the EU to repress "labour exploitation" in the bloc.