International Organizations

  • OECD: Massive G20 Climate Funding Will Boost Growth

    August 07, 2017

    Reuters reports that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has predicted a five percent boost in economic growth for Group of 20 countries (G20) in 2050 if the governments of these countries invest $6.9 trillion annually in "clean infrastructure" between now and 2030.

  • WEF Warns of Inequality, Climate Risks in Arab Region

    August 07, 2017

    A report from the World Economic Forum (WEF) pinpoints "rising income and wealth disparity" and global warming as among the trends analysts and businesses are most concerned will impact Arab countries in the coming years.

  • UN Report Seeks Expanded Spending on "Right to Health"

    August 07, 2017

    A UN report on "realizing human rights to and through health" calls on governments around the world to take steps toward fulfilling the "right to health" by allocating at least five percent of their GDP to public health spending and to recognize "sexual and reproductive health rights" for women in part by expanding access to abortion.

  • UN Agent Warns of "Systemic" Rights Violations by Israel

    August 07, 2017

    Following his visit to Jordan, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Palestinians Michael Lynk warned of "systemic human rights violations" by Israel and asserted that there is "no end in sight" for the "occupation" by Israel of Palestinian territories.

  • WIPO Fails to Report North Korean Patent Process

    August 07, 2017

    George Russell reports that experts on the situation in North Korea have grown increasingly troubled by the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) failure to report its facilitation of the rogue state's patent application for a chemical used in producing nerve gas to the UN Security Council's committee charged with coordinating sanctions against the country.

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