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Former Staffer Warns of Ongoing Sex Abuse in UN System
March 26, 2018
The Express reports that former UN staffer Miranda Brown recently published a letter asserting that the UN fired her due to her exposure of a sex-abuse scandal in the international organization's peacekeeping system and warning that the UK is currently contributing to the salaries of UN staff involved in an exchange of aid for sexual favors.
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UN Partners on Roadmap for SDGs in Africa
March 26, 2018
A group of 24 UN organizations and international development institutions has launched a roadmap on the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Africa to improve their coordination on meeting the comprehensive social and economic targets contained in the SDGs.
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OECD Calls on Chile to Use Social Spending to Reduce Inequality
March 23, 2018
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has called on the Chilean government to take advantage of a favorable outlook on economic growth to address its "persistently high" economic inequality through wealth-transfer programs and higher social spending.
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UN System Approves Funding for Enhanced "Climate Resilience"
March 23, 2018
Highlighting the growing embrace by UN agencies of the climate agenda in development funding, the UN Development Programme's Green Climate Fund has approved over $80 million for "climate change adaptation projects" in Bangladesh, Georgia, and Zambia, focused on improving the population's "climate resilience" in the face of increasingly catastrophic weather events.
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UN Report Documents Sex Abuse in Syrian Refugee Camps
March 23, 2018
The Telegraph reports that, in the latest development in a line of sex scandals involving UN operations around the world, the UN Population Fund has published an account documenting the widespread exchange of UN humanitarian assistance for sexual acts in Syrian refugee camps.
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