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UN Body Criticizes Australia’s Divorce Policy
August 09, 2017
The UN Human Rights Committee has opined that Australia must allow gay couples married overseas to obtain a divorce in the country, even though the country does not allow same-sex marriage, to comply with a provision of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guaranteeing equal protection under the law.
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BRICS Summit Focuses on Global Governance
August 09, 2017
Chinese news service Xinhua reports that the ninth annual summit of the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - in Xiamen, China, is expected to promote an increased role in global governance for the bloc as well as increased globalization through multilateral trade.
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US Notifies UN of Withdrawal from Climate Deal
August 09, 2017
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed "major disappointment" regarding the future of efforts to combat climate change and "promote global security" as the US delegation to the UN officially notified him of the country's intention to withdraw from the UN's 2015 Paris climate deal "as soon as it is eligible to do so” in 2019.
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Report Predicts Massive Global Climate Displacement
August 09, 2017
Feeding into global efforts to develop a new class of refugees fleeing the impacts of climate change, a report from the Asian Development Bank and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research predicts that up to one billion people will be forced to migrate by 2100 due to climate change, with the Asia Pacific region being the hardest hit by the global phenomenon.
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UN Atomic Agency Touts Role in SDG Progress
August 09, 2017
Showing the universal focus by the UN system on the global body's "sustainable development" agenda, the International Atomic Energy Agency devoted a significant portion of a recent conference in Vienna to describing how its promotion of nuclear energy contributes to the UN's environmental and social targets set out in the Sustainable Development Goals.
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