International Organizations

  • City Leaders Join "Covenant" to Support UN Climate Deal

    August 29, 2017

    In a CNN interview, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Maroš Šefčovič of the European Commission touted their leadership of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy and highlighted the Covenant as a way for city leaders to issue their own ambitious pledges to support the fulfillment of the UN's Paris climate accord.

  • IMF Analysis Targets US Social, Environmental Policies

    August 29, 2017

    As part of its recommendations to maintain economic growth and "resilience" in the US, staff from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently advised US officials to impose a tax on carbon emissions, enhance "social assistance" programs at the federal and state levels, and prevent a roll-back in healthcare coverage granted under the Obama Administration.

  • UN Agencies Create Database on Abortion Rights

    August 28, 2017

    The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) reports that the UN's World Health Organization and Department of Economic and Social Affairs have partnered on a global database cataloging government laws and policies on access to abortion as a political tool to advocate for controversial "sexual and reproductive health rights" around the world.

  • UN Agency Prioritizes "Sexual and Reproductive" Rights

    August 28, 2017

    The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) reports that a draft, three-year strategic plan from UN Women focuses in part on combating "structural barriers" to women's equality that include the denial of "sexual and reproductive health" rights, a term often interpreted to include access to abortion.

  • UN Group Warns of "Backlash" on Women's Rights

    August 28, 2017

    A group of UN human rights mandate holders recently issued a warning that "fundamentalist groups" are leading a "backlash" against women's rights, based on the "misuse" of principles such as the importance of family and national sovereignty, and called for the UN and governments to maintain efforts toward the recognition of "sexual and reproductive health" rights.

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