United Nations

UN Rights Chief Opposes Mexican Security Law

January 04, 2018

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called on the Mexican Senate to reject proposed legislation on internal security reform providing for an expanded role of the country's armed forces in law enforcement, arguing that aspects of the law strengthening the military's role in domestic security affairs violates international human rights standards.
Canada Reports Compliance with UN Climate Agenda

January 03, 2018

The Canadian government has summarized its most recent biannual report to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to show that it is abiding by the UNFCCC's agenda on combating global warming through measures including carbon taxation and phasing out all coal-fired electricity.
Commentator: US Must Use Funding to Rein in UN

January 03, 2018

Fred Fleitz of the Center for Security Policy writes that the Trump Administration must hold the UN accountable when it serves as a forum for anti-US and anti-Israel resolutions and rhetoric, including by bringing back US government scoring of foreign countries on UN General Assembly votes to determine the aid they should receive.
Former US Adviser Criticizes UN on Jerusalem Vote

January 03, 2018

Former adviser to the US Ambassador to the UN Hugh Dugan asserts that the UN General Assembly has cemented its reputation as a "hopelessly biased anti-American and anti-Israel debating society" in singling out the US for criticism over its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel while ignoring rights violations by authoritarian regimes around the world.
UN Sponsors Human Rights Education Conference

January 03, 2018

The UN recently sponsored an International Conference on Human Rights Education at Concordia University in Montreal to encourage schools around the world to teach young people the international organization's broad human rights agenda.
UN Agent Praises Canada's "Rights-Based" Housing Plan

January 03, 2018

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing Leilani Farha recently lauded Canada's decision to adopt a "national housing strategy" as the government's acknowledgment, in line with the global economic, social, and cultural rights agenda, that housing is a human right, though she criticized the government for failing to commit to ending homelessness by the year 2030.
Schaefer: US Must Force Broad Reforms on UNHRC

January 02, 2018

Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation argues that, if the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) refuses to adopt US demands for stricter membership criteria and a reduction in the disproportionate number of resolutions on Israel by the end of 2018, the US could easily justify a decision to leave the body.
UN Rights Chief Opposes El Salvador Abortion Ban

January 02, 2018

As part of his review at the conclusion of his visit to El Salvador, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein called on the country's government to adopt a "moratorium" on the enforcement of its abortion ban, characterizing the prosecution of women for receiving abortions as a violation of the global human rights agenda.
UN Summit Produces Range of New Climate Pledges

December 29, 2017

A UN press release surveys a broad range of commitments to combating global warming - including through a new "global coal alliance" and a deal on biofuel targets - agreed by national governments around the world, along with US state and local governments, at the recent UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany.
UN Advances Climate-based Global Ocean Governance

December 29, 2017

As part of efforts by various UN agencies to ramp up global governance of the world's oceans, UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission is celebrating the launch of an Ocean Pathway Partnership at the recent UN climate summit in Bonn, Germany, with the aim of "identifying and implementing effective ocean-based solutions to climate change."