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UN Agent Pushes Canada to Recognize Environmental Rights
August 06, 2018
The Star Vancouver reports that the new UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment David Boyd has expressed his embarrassment that his home country of Canada has not signed up to a UN treaty that would force it to recognize the “human right to a healthy environment.”
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Expert: China Eyes Robust Role in Global Governance
August 06, 2018
Defense research analyst Timothy R. Heath of the RAND Corporation writes that Chinese officials attending the country’s recent Central Foreign Relations Work Conference made clear they are preparing to carve out a leading position for China in world affairs in response to what they view as a current “global governance deficit.”
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UN Economist: SDGs Must Reduce Inequality, Prevent Conflict
August 06, 2018
Elliot Harris, the Chief Economist in the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, has stated that the comprehensive social and economic targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can address “the root causes of conflict” around the world by reducing economic inequality and environmental degradation.
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UNESCO Promotes Citizenship Education for Sustainability
August 06, 2018
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently hosted an event highlighting how its Global Citizenship Education program helps advance “sustainable development” by indoctrinating students in the UN-defined values of “human rights, social justice, diversity, gender equality and environmental sustainability.”
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UNESCO Builds Latin American SDG Action Plan for Education
August 06, 2018
Government officials from Latin America and the Caribbean recently convened in Bolivia for a technical meeting hosted by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to craft a roadmap toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to education, including by introducing them in school curricula.
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