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UN Considers Levies for Aid Funding
January 27, 2016
AFP reports that a UN humanitarian-financing study considers the potential use of "micro-taxes" on goods and services, such as airfare or tickets to sporting events, or from mandatory alms given by Muslims to fund the international organization's humanitarian-assistance agenda.
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UN Commission Considers Detroit Water Issues
January 27, 2016
The Detroit News reports that the UN Commission for Social Development is scheduled to hear the testimony of an activist from the nongovernmental organization Detroit Water Brigade on issues relating to the shutting off of water and contamination of water in different communities in Michigan.
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UN Report Pushes Government Action on Obesity
January 27, 2016
A report from the UN Commission on Ending Childhood Obesity has published a report containing guidelines for governments, the World Health Organization, nongovernmental organizations, and businesses to end the "alarming increase" in worldwide childhood obesity.
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UN Agent Criticizes New Sanctions on Iran
January 27, 2016
Asserting that "there must be another way to overcome diplomatic differences," the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and unilateral sanctions Idriss Jazairy criticized the imposition of fresh sanctions on Iranian individuals and entities implicated in a recent ballistic missile test in the country.
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UN Rights Observers Call on France to Adjust Security Measures
January 21, 2016
A group of UN human-rights mandate holders have called on French authorities not to extend the current state of emergency, implemented after the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris, past the end of February and to ensure that all special measures taken to protect national security comply with international human rights law.
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