United Nations

UN Agent Promotes Adolescents' Sexual Rights

June 29, 2016

UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Puras, has released a statement calling for governments to cease their interference in the "autonomous decisions" of adolescents and to provide them with "universal access to sexual and reproductive health-care services," including abortion.
Syrian Groups Critique UN Aid Delivery

June 29, 2016

As conditions worsen for civilians in the resistance-held Syrian city of Aleppo, George Russell writes that Syrian aid organizations are increasingly blaming the UN for excessively deferring to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad in determining which areas receive humanitarian supplies.
ILO Calls for Labor Intervention in Americas

June 29, 2016

Warning of an economic slowdown in Latin America, a report from the International Labour Organization calls on countries in the region to engage in more integrated "active labour market" interventions, such as employment subsidies, to boost jobs and productivity.
ILO Encourages EU "Social Rights" Protection

June 29, 2016

A new publication from the International Labour Organization calls for EU officials to uphold their pledge to advance a "social rights pillar" in the bloc in order to provide for "upward convergence" among the economies of EU member states.
UN Tracks Exhaustive Data on Cities

June 29, 2016

The UN Human Settlements Programme has announced a "scientific tool" called the UN Sample of Cities that will amass large amounts of data on various aspects of life in 200 cities around the world to promote the UN's agenda of "sustainable development."
UN Pressures Countries to Create "Green Economy"

June 28, 2016

At a UN-supported summit in Batumi, Georgia, government officials from across the "pan-European" region pledged their support for an array of actions aimed at creating a "green economy" that will reduce economic inequality while implementing the UN's environmental agenda.
UN Warns of Disastrous Global Warming Health Effects

June 27, 2016

Citing increased risks of droughts, floods, heat waves, and disease, a report from the UN Environment Programme and the UN Economic Commission for Europe identifies climate change as one of the most important threats to human health in the "pan-European region."
Honduras Uses UN System to Meet Climate Targets

June 23, 2016

A press release from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change surveys the record of Honduras in using the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism, which provides "credits" for greenhouse gas emissions-reducing projects and pushes countries to report progress in their emissions reductions.
Iran Files ICJ Claim on US Anti-Terror Measures

June 22, 2016

The UN's International Court of Justice has announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran has launched proceedings against the US for alleged violations of US treaty obligations by subjecting the assets of Iran and its entities to judicial proceedings due to Iran's support for international terrorism.
Heritage Paper: US Should Withdraw from UNFCCC

June 21, 2016

A Heritage Foundation paper argues that, to avoid the economic impacts of the UN's climate agenda, comply with federal law by withdrawing funding for an agency that recognizes Palestine as a member, and end the circumvention of the US Senate's treaty ratification authority, the US should withdraw from the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.