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Professor Provides Initial Examination of UN Climate Pact
January 11, 2016
Professor Jorge Vinuales of the University of Cambridge has produced an initial analysis of the various implementation and compliance provisions of the UN climate deal recently agreed in Paris, calling the pact a "realistic instrument" that will work more effectively to counter climate change than the previous agreement signed in Kyoto.
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UN Faces Sex-Abuse Allegations Against Peacekeepers
January 08, 2016
In the wake of an independent report charging the UN with "institutional failure" in its response to sex-abuse allegations against French troops operating under UN Security Council authorization in the Central African Republic, the UN has announced that it is investigating new, similar allegations against its peacekeepers in the country.
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UN's Comprehensive SDGs Take Effect
January 08, 2016
Noting the mixed success of its previous, more-limited development agenda, the UN has issued a press release celebrating the official launch of its Sustainable Development Goals ("SDGs"), which it describes as "an ambitious set of goals to banish a whole host of social ills" in the coming 15 years.
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UN Hosts Events on Climate-Focused Redesign of Finance
January 08, 2016
The UN Environment Programme has announced that it will hold events in London and Washington, DC, focused on the agency's policy proposals for countries to reform the design of their financial systems in order to provide for funding of climate-related projects.
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OSCE Official Calls on Poland to Withdraw Media Proposal
January 08, 2016
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's ("OSCE") Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic has called on the Polish Government to withdraw a proposal permitting the country's Treasury Minister to appoint and dismiss members of the management and supervisory boards of public broadcasters.
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