United Nations

UN Agents Demand Restoration of Access to Water in Detroit

October 22, 2014

Two UN rapporteurs investigating whether the City of Detroit engaged in human rights violations in shutting off the water of customers who did not pay their bills have stated that the city must restore access to water in order to uphold these customers' "most basic human rights."
UN Sustainability Report Calls for "Sexual and Reproductive Health" Rights

October 22, 2014

A report produced by UN Women calls on governments across the world to include women's "empowerment" and "sexual and reproductive health rights," often interpreted to include abortion, in their adoption of the UN sustainable development agenda.
UN Meeting Leads to "Biodiversity" Funding Redistribution

October 22, 2014

As the UN ramps up its "sustainable development" agenda, the recent UN Convention on Biological Diversity has resulted in a commitment by developed countries to double the redistribution of funding to developing countries in support of efforts by these countries in support of "biodiversity."
UN Fund Seeks Fresh Start to Global Warming Redistribution

October 22, 2014

Following a board meeting in Barbados, the UN's Green Climate Fund claims that it has solved its governance issues and is ready to redistribute money from the U.S. and U.K. to developing countries to support efforts to combat global warming.
World Bank Calls for Adoption of Universal Health Coverage

October 22, 2014

The President of the World Bank Group has published an op-ed calling on countries to follow the example of countries like China and Brazil in adopting a program of universal health coverage in order to improve their economic prospects.
Bayefsky: UN Purveys Terrorist-Friendly Ideology

October 22, 2014

Anne Bayefsky writes that the UN has been a key platform for states that support terrorism, and groups like the Organisation of Islamic States ("OIC"), to divert the public's attention from horrific terrorist acts and toward their "root causes," which they generally identify as Islamophobia, Israel, and Western foreign policy.
U.S. Accuses UNDP of Mishandling Police Funds in Afghanistan

October 22, 2014

According to U.S. officials, the UN Development Fund ("UNDP") is seeking to avoid responsibility for failing to prevent the Afghanistan Government from allegedly siphoning off approximately $200 million from a trust fund UNDP administered to pay the country's police force.
Experts Call for Rejection of UN Internet Control

October 22, 2014

Brett Schaefer, Paul Rosenzweig, and James Gattuso write that the U.S. should reject the plan proposed by Russia and other countries to impose government control on the internet by placing it in the hands of the UN's International Telecommunications Union.
UN Sends Agents to Detroit to Investigate Alleged Violation of "Right to Water"

October 15, 2014

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has announced that two rapporteurs appointed by the UN Human Rights Council will visit Detroit, Michigan to investigate the effect of city water shutoffs on the human rights of customers who did not pay their bills.
UN Rapporteur: Debt-Collecting Hedge Funds Violate Human Rights

October 08, 2014

The UN Special Rapporteur charged with investigating the effects of sovereign debt collection on human rights has concluded that hedge funds that attempt to collect sovereign debt from developing countries "directly or indirectly" violate economic, social, and cultural rights.