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Schaefer: US Must Follow Through on UN Funding Threats
January 17, 2018
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation writes that, in the wake of the UN General Assembly vote criticizing US policy on Jerusalem, the US must follow through with its funding threats to discourage future UN votes against US support of Israel, including by cutting the funding of the UN Relief and Works Agency, charged with financing Palestinian institutions and development.
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UN Programs Leverage "Big Data" for SDGs
January 16, 2018
An article from Priyankar Bhunia of OpenGov highlights a series of UN initiatives on the collection and use of "big data" in countries around the world to support the international organization's fulfillment of the comprehensive social and environmental objectives contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UN Office Attacks "Racist" Trump Migration Comments
January 16, 2018
CNN reports that a spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has labeled denigrating comments about other countries attributed to US President Donald Trump in a meeting on US migration policy as "racist," "shocking," and "shameful."
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UN Chief: Don't "Obsess" About Negative Migration Impacts
January 16, 2018
Identifying migration as a "positive global phenomenon" in a report serving as his input into negotiations regarding a UN Global Migration Compact, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for governments "to broaden the opportunities that migration offers to us all" and warned them not to "obsess about minimizing risks" of the phenomenon.
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IACHR Recognizes Right to Same-Sex Marriage
January 11, 2018
The BBC reports that the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR), an arm of the Organization of American States that issues rulings on human rights issues in the region, has ruled that its members must recognize a right of same-sex couples to marry and rejected the establishment of a separate legal regime governing same-sex relationships.
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