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UN Official Consults on "Women's Empowerment" Agenda
January 31, 2017
At a consultation preparing for a session of the UN's Commission on Status of Women, Lakshmi Puri of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women discussed the best methods for the Commission to prepare global recommendations on "women's economic empowerment" in line with the UN's comprehensive sustainable development agenda.
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Draft US Orders Target Multilateral Funding, Treaties
January 30, 2017
The New York Times reports that the Trump Administration is considering two draft executive orders that would reduce US funding toward international organizations and initiate a review of treaties involving more than two countries from which the US should withdraw.
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Article Warns of Impacts of Defunding UN
January 30, 2017
In response to growing calls in the US Congress and White House for a reduction in the US funding of and engagement in the UN, former UN Security Council official Howard Stoffer writes that, while the UN is "overdue for serious internal changes," such a US withdrawal would have a destabilizing impact and would not be in the interest of the American people.
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Schaefer: US Congress Must Scrutinize UN Spending
January 30, 2017
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation writes that former US President Barack Obama's "spending binge" on UN programs and priorities just before he left office must teach Congress not to grant the President such broad authority on UN funding and to pass laws restricting such funding when it is not in America's interest.
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New UN Chief Commits to Social, Environmental Agendas
January 30, 2017
In an address to a high-level dialogue of the UN General Assembly, the new UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, signaled the continued commitment of his office to prioritizing the UN's social and environmental agendas in its efforts toward peace by calling for a global response to conflict that "integrates peace, sustainable development and human rights."
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