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Schaefer Warns of Impact of US Bill on UN Funding
June 04, 2019
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation warns that a funding bill under consideration in the US Congress that, among other policies, overrides a cap on US payments for UN peacekeeping operations will undermine attempts by lawmakers and executive officials to reduce the US share of UN spending and save taxpayer dollars.
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Paper Proposes New Global Governance Model for Refugees
June 04, 2019
Two academics have offered a proposal for a “regime-wide governance model” to handle global refugee issues that includes “authoritative and legitimate monitoring, enforcement and accountability mechanisms” to force governments to comply with transnational refugee policies.
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NGO Paper Critiques Proposal for Global Environmental Pact
June 03, 2019
A paper published by the Centre for International Governance Innovation critiques the proposal for an all-encompassing, French-promulgated Global Pact for the Environment, warning that such top-down and comprehensive approaches are not necessarily the most effective tools for gaining acceptance of global environmental action.
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NGOs Force FIFA’s Hand on Expansion of 2022 World Cup
June 03, 2019
Human Rights Watch has published a press release celebrating the International Federation of Association Football’s (FIFA) decision to halt plans to expand its 2022 World Cup tournament beyond Qatar to neighboring countries following an activist campaign declaring such a move inconsistent with FIFA’s human rights commitments.
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UNESCO: Digital Voice Assistants Highlight Tech Bias Against Women
June 03, 2019
A recent publication from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) argues that the “gendered submissiveness and servility” of digital voice assistants with female voices illustrates bias in the tech industry and calls for, among other changes, discouragement by such “assistants” of “gender-based insults and abusive language.”
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