United Nations

Yemen Receives Post on UN Women’s Board

January 15, 2019

Patrick Goodenough reports that Yemen was elected Vice President of an executive board managing the UN Women agency for “gender equality and women’s empowerment,” even though a recent World Economic Forum report ranked the country last out of 149 countries in gender equality.
UNESCO Promotes Curricula on “Sustainability” in Japan, Morocco

January 11, 2019

A joint project of Japanese and Moroccan foundations with the aim of “twinning” schools in these countries to promote the UN’s “sustainable development” agenda highlights the global nature of projects at the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to embed its Education for Sustainable Development initiative in school curricula.
UNESCO Pushes Schools to Teach “Ocean Literacy”

January 11, 2019

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Office in San José, Costa Rica, recently hosted a training workshop for teachers on “ocean literacy,” as the global organization seeks to include in school curricula portions of the UN’s ambitious “sustainable development” agenda related to protection of the oceans.
UN Project Seeks National Coordination on Environmental SDGs

January 10, 2019

The UN Environment Programme has produced a fact sheet on its program pushing for “coherent and integrated implementation and monitoring” by national institutions in four developing countries of environment-related action toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
New Global Accord Targeting Greenhouse Gases Enters into Force

January 10, 2019

The UN Environment Programme has applauded the entry into force of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which aims to limit the production and consumption of greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons to help achieve the ambitious goals of the UN’s Paris climate accord.
UN Agency Advocates for “Environmentally Displaced People”

January 09, 2019

The UN Environment Programme's interview of a “climate justice” campaigner highlights the UN agency’s promotion of a new category of “involuntary” migrants, called “environmentally displaced people,” who would gain a right to claim legal protection abroad as they flee the impacts of climate change.
Official Says Israel Blocked Palestinian UN Membership

January 08, 2019

Fox News reports that, according to Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, Israel recently blocked a bid by the Palestinian Authority to become a full member of the UN, arguing that Palestine did not meet the requirements of UN membership due to its payments to terrorists.
Trump Advisor: UNGA Vote Jeopardizes Israel-Palestine Peace

January 08, 2019

Jason Greenblatt, advisor to US President Donald Trump on Israel, criticizes the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for “defending terrorism” by failing to pass a resolution condemning the indiscriminate firing of rockets by Hamas into Israeli territory and thus emboldening the terrorist group to commit further violent activities, jeopardizing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Academic: UNRWA Ensures Its Survival Through Terminology

January 08, 2019

Professor Daniel Beaudoin of Tel Aviv University writes that the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees has guaranteed its ongoing political usefulness by expanding the definition of a “refugee” to ensure the insolubility of the Palestinian refugee issue, indicating that only by limiting the meaning of this term can UNRWA be adequately reformed.
US, Israel Withdraw from UNESCO

January 08, 2019

Fox News reports that the US and Israel have officially withdrawn from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), citing UNESCO’s bias against Israel as demonstrated by resolutions downplaying and disregarding the Jewish connection to sites in Jerusalem.