International Organizations

  • UN Agency Adopts Global Food Framework

    October 28, 2015

    The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization has launched a Framework for Action on Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises to coordinate "comprehensive and effective policies and action" on food aid around the world.

  • Article Seeks Strengthened UN Governance Institutions

    October 27, 2015

    An editorial in The National Catholic Review supports calls from the Catholic Church and others to strengthen UN institutions of global governance in order to facilitate international action on climate change, security, and other issues relating to the promotion of a "just world."

  • Indian Official Pushes for Representative Global Governance

    October 27, 2015

    Referring to the UN Security Council as a "grotesque example of global power oligopoly," Counsellor in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Amit Narang has called for more representative global-governance structures that permit developing countries to take advantage of globalization.

  • Chinese President Calls for Global Governance Reform

    October 27, 2015

    At a recent study session of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for a strengthened version of global governance that would set rules for "international order" and take into account the rising power of developing countries.

  • NGOs: UK's Lack of Housing Violates Human Rights

    October 27, 2015

    A group of nongovernmental organizations has submitted a report to the UN Economic and Social Council accusing the UK of breaching its international human rights obligations by failing to provide affordable housing to people in Britain.

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