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UN, China Further Cooperation on Green Financial System
June 24, 2015
Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme Achim Steiner recently met with Deputy Governor of China's central bank Pan Gongsheng to follow up on a report released by the two institutions earlier this year calling for steps to advance the UN's sustainability agenda using China's financial system.
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UN, News Agency Agree to Promote Environmental Agenda
June 24, 2015
The UN Environment Programme has announced that it has renewed its deal with Chinese news agency Xinhua to promote the UN's environmental agenda in China and around the world.
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UN Agent: EU Border Policy Must Focus on Mobility
June 17, 2015
UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants François Crépeau has argued that "irregular migration" in Europe is the result of border security policies that prevent migration and has called for a human rights-focused EU migration policy that is based on "mobility."
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UN Rights Chief Seeks Global Push for Nontraditional Rights
June 17, 2015
In recent remarks to the UN Human Rights Council, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called for more action to promote and protect nontraditional "economic and social rights" and to integrate such rights into the global development agenda.
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UN Agency Adopts Standards Against "Informal" Work
June 17, 2015
As part of the UN's post-2015 "sustainability" agenda, the UN International Labour Organization has adopted a set of global standards pushing government policies that seek to move people from "informal" to "formal" employment, including by ensuring the creation of "decent jobs."
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