United Nations

US Notifies UN of Withdrawal from Climate Deal

August 09, 2017

UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed "major disappointment" regarding the future of efforts to combat climate change and "promote global security" as the US delegation to the UN officially notified him of the country's intention to withdraw from the UN's 2015 Paris climate deal "as soon as it is eligible to do so” in 2019.
UN Atomic Agency Touts Role in SDG Progress

August 09, 2017

Showing the universal focus by the UN system on the global body's "sustainable development" agenda, the International Atomic Energy Agency devoted a significant portion of a recent conference in Vienna to describing how its promotion of nuclear energy contributes to the UN's environmental and social targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals.
ILO Seeks "Social Justice" in "Occupied" Palestine

August 09, 2017

The UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) has published a report warning that restrictions imposed by Israel on its "occupied" territories in the West Bank are reducing the possibility of "decent work" in the area and calling for "social justice" to be a major portion of the Israel-Palestine peace effort.
UN Chief Speech Shows Prioritization of Climate

August 09, 2017

Showing the prioritization by UN leaders of advancing the goals of the Paris climate deal, UN Secretary-General António Guterres pledged in a speech at New York University's Stern School of Business to work with countries to accelerate their reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and develop "national climate action plans" to comply with their commitments under the Paris deal.
UN Seeks "Accessible and Safe" Migration Routes to Europe

August 09, 2017

Citing the number of deaths at sea in the past year as migrants made their way across the Mediterranean to Italy, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees reiterated the agency's calls for European countries to open up "accessible and safe ways to reach Europe" for migrants.
UNICEF Issues Global Action Plan on Migrant Children

August 09, 2017

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has released a six-point global action plan for governments on protecting migrating children, calling on officials to end detention of minors, fund their education and healthcare, and combat "xenophobia, discrimination and marginalization" in relevant countries.
UN Official Prioritizes Climate in Disaster Management

August 09, 2017

On the eve of a UN meeting in Mexico in May aimed at launching a global mechanism on limiting disaster risk, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction Robert Glasser asserted that managing greenhouse gas emissions is key to reducing the current and future catastrophic disasters caused by global warming.
UN Education Forum Focuses on Fulfilling SDGs

August 09, 2017

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) hosted a forum for international "Technical and Vocational Education Training" (TVET) partners in the Caribbean in May that focused on TVET's contributions to the fulfillment of the UN's comprehensive social and economic Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
UNESCO Training Pushes for Wide-Ranging Education Data

August 09, 2017

As part of its efforts to obtain global data on the progress of improving education systems in line with the UN "sustainable development" agenda, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held a workshop in Mexico City in May to train authorities on statistical techniques needed to procure education data.
UNESCO Trains Policymakers on "Inclusive Education"

August 09, 2017

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) held a meeting in Peru in May training education policymakers on ensuring "inclusive schools" in their countries in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.