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Experts Call for US Aid Allocation on Basis of UN Voting Records
December 04, 2018
Brett Schaefer and Anthony Kim of the Heritage Foundation call on the US Congress to pass legislation requiring the US government to consider whether countries are voting with or against the US in the UN General Assembly as a key factor in allocating foreign aid.
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UN Climate Report Indicates Strict Deadlines for Carbon Neutrality
December 04, 2018
The UN Inter-governmental Panel for Climate Change published a report in September indicating that, in order to achieve the targets set out in the UN’s Paris climate accord, the world must become carbon neutral by the year 2050, with a peak in carbon emissions in 2020.
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UNESCO Launches Global Exhibition on Sexuality Education
December 04, 2018
In September, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched a new campaign promoting “comprehensive sexuality education” for children across the globe, including a Foundation for Life and Love exhibition seeking to show how children must learn about “sexual and reproductive health issues” in an educational setting.
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UN, Boston College Seek to "Mobilize Society" with Pollution Observatory
December 03, 2018
The UN Environment Programme and Boston College have jointly established a Global Observatory on Pollution and Health to report on public policy related to pollution and “mobilize society to see pollution as a serious threat.”
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UN Working Group Warns of Arbitrary Detention in Australia
December 03, 2018
The Guardian reports that, in September, the UN working group on arbitrary detention listed Australia among China, Libya, Pakistan, and the Congo as a source of concern regarding arbitrary detention, citing cases including the country’s holding of a stateless man from the Western Sahara in immigration detention.
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