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Report: UN Lacks Tools Needed for Global Governance
June 26, 2015
A recent report by former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and other diplomats argues that the UN does not have the necessary tools to deal with existing world challenges and calls for reform of the UN Security Council and various UN agencies to facilitate global governance.
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UN Pushes for Use of Passenger Information to Fight Terrorism
June 26, 2015
The UN Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate has called for greater government use of a global advance passenger information system for airline carriers in order to restrict the international flow of terrorist fighters.
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UN Agency: Take Action on Climate to Create Jobs
June 26, 2015
At a recent summit, Director-General of the UN's International Labour Organization Guy Ryder argued that the promise to countries that adopt the UN's sustainable development agenda and transition to "green economies" includes more quality jobs for workers.
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Vatican Rejects Skeptics of UN Agenda in Developing Climate Message
June 24, 2015
The Washington Post reports that while the Vatican invited UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and others who support global action on climate change to a 2015 summit in preparation of the drafting of Pope Francis's encyclical on the topic, it rejected scientists who are skeptical of the concept of man-made climate change.
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UN Agency Blames Globalization for Diet Effects
June 24, 2015
In a new report, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization blames globalization, food marketing, and shifting lifestyles for the move away from the traditional, healthy "Mediterranean diet," a change that may result in either malnutrition or obesity and may thus cause "disability and death."
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