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US Resists Nontraditional Rights Declarations at UNHRC
August 23, 2017
The Guardian reports that US representatives to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) have refused to support provisions in resolutions on issues ranging from climate change to migration, including by rejecting a provision of a resolution calling for countries to provide "quality comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services" such as abortions.
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Academic: US Encourages Decline of Multilateralism
August 23, 2017
Professor Daniel Drezner of Tufts University writes that the Trump Administration, through its skepticism of global governance institutions and withdrawal from international accords such as the UN's Paris climate pact, is giving cover to other countries that wish to leave cross-border institutions and reverse the global tide toward multilateralism.
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UNESCO Forms Partnership on Global Education Data
August 23, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has agreed with the Global Partnership for Education to pressure national governments to develop Education Management and Information Systems to produce data through which UNESCO can monitor their fulfillment of education targets set out in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UN Agent Promotes Global Minimum Income
August 23, 2017
In a report to the UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston called for a "Universal Basic Income," guaranteeing a minimum level of income regardless of work, as a path toward fulfilling the UN’s economic, social, and cultural rights agenda.
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US Criticizes UN Report on Murdered Investigators
August 23, 2017
The New York Times reports that US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley has criticized a UN report that absolves the organization of culpability in the death of two UN investigators in the Democratic Republic of Congo, amidst concerns that the report is incomplete and inaccurate.
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