United Nations

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.
UN Calls for Social Protection to Promote Gender Equality

October 08, 2014

UN Women has released a report calling on governments to implement expansive social protection measures, financial regulation, and a financial transaction tax to reduce the burdens of the recent economic crisis on women.
Medical Journal Calls for WHO Action on Climate Change

October 08, 2014

Asserting that the "mayhem" caused by climate change is potentially greater than that caused by the ebola outbreak, a journal owned by the British Medical Association has called for the World Health Organization ("WHO") to declare global warming a public health emergency.
Report Calls for Global Governance of Dual Citizenship

October 08, 2014

A report from the Centre for International Governance Innovation has called on the UN to take control of an international framework on dual citizenship and to enshrine principles identifying dual citizenship as a human right.
HRC Seeks Global Governance of Sovereign Debt

October 01, 2014

The UN Human Rights Council ("HRC") has adopted a resolution calling for governments to develop an international framework for the restructuring of sovereign debt and blaming financial companies seeking repayment of such debt for tampering with "economic, social, and cultural rights" in developing countries.