United Nations

US Plans Limits to UN Peacekeeping Contributions

April 09, 2018

AP reports that US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has informed the UN Security Council the US will no longer pay more than 25% of the UN peacekeeping budget, pushing for all other countries to help shoulder the burden of the international organization's peacekeeping responsibilities.
UN Chief Prioritizes Climate as "Most Systemic" Global Threat

April 03, 2018

The New York Times reports that, in recent remarks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres identified climate change as "the most systemic threat to humankind" and referred to plans to host a 2019 summit to press governments to raise the emissions reduction targets they pledged in the 2015 UN Paris climate accord.
Australia Pledges to Improve Rights Situation

March 30, 2018

The Guardian reports that, upon taking its seat at the UN Human Rights Council, the Government of Australia pledged to improve its human rights situation "in a spirit of self-reflection" in light of a litany of criticisms from UN rights observers over Australia's refugee-processing policies and treatment of Indigenous peoples.
UN Rights Chief Wades into Political Dispute with Hungarian PM

March 30, 2018

AP reports that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has entered into a public dispute with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, accusing the national leader of "stoking hatred for political profit" and employing "increasingly delusional" racial speech.
Global Narcotics Board Calls for Treatment-focused Drug Policy

March 30, 2018

The UN-backed International Narcotics Control Board has issued a report calling on national governments to focus on drug treatment and rehabilitation rather than prevention in their fight against harmful drugs, asserting that governments have an obligation to provide access to treatment as part of their citizens' right to physical and mental health.
UN Chief: SDGs Contribute to "Fair" Globalization

March 30, 2018

In a speech in Seoul, South Korea, UN Secretary-General António Guterres presented the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the blueprint for a "fair" globalization that combats economic inequality around the world and implements the UN's agenda on climate change.
EC Reports on Urban Development Efforts

March 30, 2018

The European Commission (EC) issued a report at the UN's World Urban Forum detailing their progress in meeting their sustainable urban development goals, including developing action plans to enact priorities from the UN agendas on climate and development.
UN Program Launches All-Encompassing Anti-Discrimination Campaign

March 29, 2018

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS marked "Zero Discrimination Day" with a global campaign seeking to stamp out all forms of public and private discrimination based on "HIV status, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, language, geographical location or migrant status," or any other characteristic.
UNESCO Promotes "Social Cohesion" Agenda in Early Childhood

March 29, 2018

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published an article spotlighting its promotion of a "Cradle for Social Cohesion" project identifying early childhood as the best time for indoctrination in the broad, malleable concepts of "gender equality and a culture of peace."
UN Agent Calls for Global Accord on "Right to Healthy Environment"

March 29, 2018

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox has called for global recognition of "the human right to a healthy environment" through a human-rights agreement with international effect.