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Russell: UN Bureaucracy Slows Sex Abuse Policy
May 21, 2015
George Russell writes that proposed UN reforms seeking to deal with allegations of sex abuse by the organization's peacekeeping forces are mired in bureaucratic delay.
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UN Officials Push Global Governance of Small Arms Trade
May 21, 2015
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein recently briefed the UN Security Council on the need for further enforcement of the UN's Arms Trade Treaty and for more authority to be granted to the UN to combat the "proliferation" of small arms.
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UN Agencies Cooperate on Sustainability Agenda in Europe
May 21, 2015
The UN Environment Programme and the UN Economic Commission for Europe have agreed to cooperate to further the UN sustainability agenda in Europe, in part by pushing countries to integrate sustainability into their development policies and their education systems.
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Saudi Arabia Seeks UNHRC Presidency
May 15, 2015
Arguing that the country is disqualified due to its frequent abuse of human rights, the nongovernmental organization UN Watch has called on the U.S. and EU to oppose Saudi Arabia's bid to be elected president of the UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC").
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World Bank Pushes Carbon Tax Policy
May 15, 2015
The Japan Times reports that the World Bank is calling for countries around the world to adopt a set of policies, including putting a price on carbon emissions by businesses, in a bid to further the UN's agenda on climate change.
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UN Seeks Australia Assurance of Emissions Reduction
May 15, 2015
The Guardian reports that during her recent visit to Australia, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Christiana Figueres received assurances from the environment minister Greg Hunt that his Government's policies will reduce the country's greenhouse gas emissions.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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