International Organizations

  • UNESCO Seeks Development Goals on Freedom of Expression

    June 09, 2015

    Highlighting the expansive scope of the UN's proposed Sustainable Development Goals and the lack of objective tools to measure their achievement, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has called for the goals to include promotion of the freedom of expression around the world.

  • Sessions: TPP Deal May Advance Global Governance

    June 08, 2015

    US Senator Jeff Sessions has expressed concern that a "living agreement" provision in the Trans-Pacific Partnership ("TPP"), currently in negotiation between the US and Asian countries, would create a TPP Commission that advances global governance at the expense of US sovereignty.

  • WHO Adopts Resolution on Climate and Health

    June 08, 2015

    With participating countries stressing the importance of countering climate change to health, the annual assembly of the UN's World Health Organization ("WHO") recently adopted a resolution calling on countries to pursue policies to reduce air pollution and promote the UN sustainability agenda.

  • French Minister: UN Climate Deal Must Sidestep US Congress

    June 08, 2015

    French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius has stated that a UN global climate agreement countries are negotiating this year must be worded in such a way to avoid consideration by the US Congress because he says the body will refuse to adopt such a deal.

  • OSCE Pushes "Environmental Security" in Kyrgyzstan

    June 05, 2015

    The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") recently held a roundtable session in the capital of Kyrgyzstan on how to achieve "environmental security" in the country.

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