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UN Spokesperson: Criminalizing Sea Rescues Violates Law
July 02, 2019
Deutsche Welle reports that the spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres has criticized Italy’s arrest of the captain of a boat carrying African migrants into the port of Lampedusa, warning that the criminalization of the rescue of passengers of boats in distress contravenes international law.
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UN Chief: Paris Accord Will Not Prevent Climate “Catastrophe”
July 01, 2019
AP reports that UN Secretary-General António Guterres has concluded that the government pledges under the UN’s Paris climate accord will not be sufficient to prevent “catastrophic” global warming impacts by the end of the century.
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UNESCO Publishes Global Guidelines on AI in Education
June 26, 2019
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published a “consensus” on artificial intelligence and education, crafted in Beijing, that offers global guidance on the introduction of AI technologies in education and seeks to use UNESCO as a “support system” for implementing the guidance.
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UN Report Points to Government Role in “Transforming Families”
June 26, 2019
A report by the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women calls for policymakers and others “to transform families into places of equality and justice” for women and girls through legislation including the recognition of “diverse partnership forms” and ramping up paid parental leave policies.
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UN Panel: SDG Fulfillment Depends on “Climate-Friendly Dietary Habits”
June 26, 2019
At a UN conference on climate change in Bonn, Germany, panelists explored how policymakers and businesses seeking to fulfill the UN’s comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) must reach into people’s kitchens to encourage “climate-friendly dietary habits” that reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
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