United Nations

UNESCO Seeks Teachers for "Sustainable Education"

December 17, 2014

A recent conference hosted by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") sought to highlight the need at the national level to hire teachers who have received sufficient training to advance the UN's environmentally friendly "sustainable education" agenda.
UN Rapporteur Demands Prosecution of CIA Interrogators

December 10, 2014

UN Special Rapporteur Ben Emmerson has called on the Obama Administration to prosecute Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA") interrogators and former administration officials for the torture alleged in a U.S. Senate report on the CIA's detention and interrogation program.
Academic Seeks Use of Development Goals in Global Governance

December 10, 2014

In a recent article, Professor Thomas Biersteker explains how the post-2015 Millennium Development Goals can best achieve global governance.
UN Agent Criticizes British Migration Policy

December 10, 2014

UN Special Rapporteur for migrant rights François Crépeau has condemned the U.K.'s policy to reduce participation in Mediterranean search and rescue missions in order to disincentivize dangerous sea crossings and has generally criticized policies advanced by the U.K. Independence Party as "not cool."
UN Warns of Gap in "Climate Fund"

December 10, 2014

The UN Environment Programme has called for hundreds of billions of dollars in additional funding for "climate change adaptation measures" in developing countries.
UN Rapporteurs Criticize U.S. Police Practices

December 10, 2014

A group of UN Special Rapporteurs has expressed alarm over "legitimate concerns" within the African-American community regarding recent killings by police officers in the U.S., and has called for a review of all laws in the country that could have a discriminatory impact on African Americans.
UN Agent Calls on World Bank to Push Human Rights Agenda

December 03, 2014

In a recent op-ed, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston chastised the World Bank for failing to politicize its approach to development by promoting the UN's economic, social, and cultural rights agenda.
UN Agents Seek U.S. Release of CIA Detention Report

December 03, 2014

A group of UN special rapporteurs has published a letter to U.S. President Barack Obama calling for him to release, despite opposition from the Central Intelligence Agency ("CIA"), a report from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on CIA interrogation procedures in the years following the September 11 terrorist attacks.
UN Assists Argentina in Avoidance of Debt

December 03, 2014

Brett Schaefer and Terry Miller of The Heritage Foundation write that, by sparking UN proposals for a global sovereign debt restructuring mechanism, the Government of Argentina is seeking to avoid responsibility for its decision to default on its sovereign debt.
Report Finds Disproportionate Scandinavian Influence at UN

December 03, 2014

A new study indicates that Scandinavian countries have disproportionate staffing and administrative influence within the UN Secretariat as compared to traditional world powers such as the U.S.