United Nations

UN Observers Point to Special Rights of Indigenous Migrants

August 08, 2018

A recent statement from UN human rights mandate holders calls on governments to protect a broad range of rights - including economic, social, and cultural rights - of indigenous peoples as they migrate from their lands in light of displacing factors such as global warming.
UN Agents Criticize Brazilian Reform of Social Programs

August 08, 2018

A group of UN human rights mandate holders has demanded that the Brazilian government halt cuts to the country’s social programs, warning that countries must only pursue “austerity” policies after performing comprehensive assessments of their impacts on the “social and economic rights” of their citizens.
Israel, US Accuse UN of Double Standard on Rights Abuse

August 08, 2018

Fox News reporter Adam Shaw writes that Israeli and US representatives at the UN are accusing the international organization of unfairly targeting Israel with allegations of unlawful killings and other human rights abuses while ignoring Hamas terror attacks resulting in widespread property destruction.
ILO Chief Praises BRICS Countries’ Embrace of “Social Dialogue”

August 08, 2018

At a summit of officials from the five BRICS countries, Director-General of the UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder praised the commitments the countries, which include authoritarian China and Russia, made to work toward “social dialogue, social protection, gender equality and youth employment.”
US Seeks to Trigger Broad Reforms at UNRWA

August 07, 2018

CNN reports on efforts by Trump Administration officials to put pressure on UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) to reform its fundraising practices and make broad changes in its provision of services to Palestinian refugees, with one official asserting that UNRWA "has perpetuated and exacerbated the refugee crisis" in the region.
Palestinian Authority Warns of US “Conspiracies” to End UNRWA

August 06, 2018

The Times of Israel reports that the Palestinian Authority is labeling emails from the US Administration published by Foreign Affairs including proposals to “disrupt” the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), aimed at funding Palestinian refugees, and combine it with the larger UN refugee system as part of “conspiracies to end the Palestinian cause.”
UN, IACHR Agents: Trump’s Anti-Media Criticism Violates Rights

August 06, 2018

UN and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Special Rapporteurs on free expression, David Kaye and Edison Lanza, have warned that US President Donald Trump’s “attacks” on the media “run counter to the country’s obligations to respect press freedom and international human rights law.”
UN Agent Pushes Canada to Recognize Environmental Rights

August 06, 2018

The Star Vancouver reports that the new UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd has expressed his embarrassment that his home country of Canada has not signed up to a UN treaty that would force it to recognize the “human right to a healthy environment.”
UN Economist: SDGs Must Reduce Inequality, Prevent Conflict

August 06, 2018

Elliot Harris, the Chief Economist in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, has stated that the comprehensive social and economic targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can address “the root causes of conflict” around the world by reducing economic inequality and environmental degradation.
UNESCO Promotes Citizenship Education for Sustainability

August 06, 2018

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently hosted an event highlighting how its Global Citizenship Education program helps advance “sustainable development” by indoctrinating students in the UN-defined values of “human rights, social justice, diversity, gender equality and environmental sustainability.”