United Nations

Officials Push Schools to Promote UN Agenda

November 15, 2017

At an event in September, UN officials, including UN General Assembly President Peter Thomson, called for governments to use their education systems as vehicles to promote the values of "non-violence, equality and mutual respect" among the children in their countries to create "peaceful and just societies."
UN Chief Seeks Practical Use of R2P

November 15, 2017

Raising questions concerning limits on the use of global "collective action" to interfere in national sovereignty to prevent human rights violations, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on UN members to move past a theoretical version of the "responsibility to protect" doctrine (R2P) and to apply a practical version to prevent and halt atrocities around the world.
UN Escalates Use of Drones

November 15, 2017

In a recent interview, adviser to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Christopher Fabian explains how UNICEF and a wide array of other UN agencies are seeking to ramp up their use of drones as key elements in "humanitarian, development and peacekeeping operations."
UN Official Seeks Wide-ranging Global Migration Deal

November 14, 2017

In a recent session preparing for the development of a Global Compact on Migration in 2018, the International Organization for Migration's Director General William Lacy Swing called for a human rights-centered approach to migration and the opening of "regular and safe migration routes" and a clampdown on "hate speech" to lay the foundations for the Compact.
UN Official Unveils Comprehensive "Peace" Agenda

November 14, 2017

At an August event, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed advocated an all-encompassing agenda for UN peacekeeping efforts by seeking support for "an inclusive strategy" taking into account "the entire peace continuum, from prevention, conflict resolution and peacekeeping to peacebuilding and long-term development."
UNESCO Calls for More "Citizenship Education" Reporting

November 13, 2017

Based on its review of education data reported by countries around the world, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has determined that over half of countries reporting on student assessment failed to provide sufficient information on their inclusion of "Global Citizenship Education" in school curricula.
UNESCO Critiques World Progress on "Diversity" Education

November 13, 2017

In an analysis of a report it commissioned on the progress of its "Global Citizenship Education" agenda, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) found that education systems around the world are failing to sufficiently promote the concepts of "cultural diversity and tolerance" among teachers and students.
UN Official Calls for Stronger Climate Pledges

November 08, 2017

Highlighting the demands of UN officials and environmental activists on an urgent halt to greenhouse gas emissions, UN Environment Programme Executive Director Erik Solheim has warned that national pledges made under the UN's Paris climate accord amount to only a third of the action needed to meet the objectives of the deal.
UN Women Strategy Targets "Social Norms"

November 08, 2017

As part of the UN "sustainable development" agenda, and at a planned cost of $1.7 billion, the UN Women agency has endorsed a Strategic Plan for the years 2018 to 2021 that includes a push for the repeal of "discriminatory" legal frameworks and "the transformation of discriminatory social norms and stereotypes" in countries around the world.
UNESCO Chief Seeks Cooperation Toward "New Humanism"

November 01, 2017

Opening the international organization's General Conference, the Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Irina Bokova called for countries to adopt a "new humanism" by rejecting the politics of "withdrawal" and embracing such broad concepts as empathy and dialogue.