United Nations

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.
Schaefer Proposes UN Reforms on Funding, Transparency

May 07, 2015

In recent U.S. Senate committee testimony, Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation called on Congress to place pressure on the UN to initiate reforms aimed at balancing funding across member countries and promoting transparency and accountability at the organization.
UN Pursues Environmental Agenda in Development Efforts

April 29, 2015

Indicating the continued push by the UN and activists to include broadly worded environmental goals in their post-2015 development agenda, UN General Assembly President Sam Kahamba Kutesa has called for the organization's environmental agenda to be at the center of future development efforts.
UN Officials Call for EU Migration Reforms

April 29, 2015

In response to recent fatalities among migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea into Europe, a group of UN officials have published a statement calling proposed EU border policies insufficient and seeking reforms that would ease the path of migrants into European countries.
NGO Sues IFC over India Project Finance

April 29, 2015

The nongovernmental organization EarthRights International has sued in U.S. court the International Finance Corporation ("IFC"), an arm of the UN's World Bank Group, on behalf of a group of villagers they say experienced harm from the IFC's financing of the construction of a coal-fired power plant in India.