United Nations

UN Management System Signals Efficiency Flaws

January 04, 2017

George Russell reports that UN officials are touting their progress on the long-planned development of an automated management system intended to improve accountability and cost-effectiveness at the UN that will be at least six years late and is coming in nearly 25 percent over budget.
ILO Signs Governments to "Social Justice" Pledge

January 04, 2017

At a recent meeting hosted by the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) in Bali, Indonesia, governments officials, workers, and employer organizations from Asia and the Pacific pledged to implement global labor standards to advance the ILO's agenda of "inclusive growth, social justice and decent work."
UN Agents: Detaining Child Migrants Violates Rights

January 03, 2017

A group of UN human rights mandate holders has asserted that any detention of migrant children and families is a "clear child rights violation" and has called on governments to commit resources to ensuring the placement of migrant children in a "national alternative care system" with access to an attorney and an education system.
UNGA Seeks Funding for Haiti Cholera Response

January 03, 2017

The UN General Assembly has called on UN member states to cover the $400 million cost of the international organization's plan to provide relief to the victims of a cholera epidemic in Haiti that began in 2010 as a result of the contamination of the country's water supply by UN peacekeeping forces.
UN Advances SDG Education in Mediterranean Region

January 03, 2017

Fourteen national governments and five international organizations, including the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), have agreed to a Mediterranean Action Plan for Education for Sustainable Development, which seeks to integrate education on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in schools throughout the Mediterranean region.
UN, Germany Launch SDG Action Campaign Center

January 02, 2017

The UN and the German government have announced the launch of the Global Campaign Center of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Action Campaign in Bonn, Germany, as a hub aimed at driving popular support for the UN's comprehensive SDG agenda in Europe.
UNESCO Body Creates Roadmap on SDG Education

January 02, 2017

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Education 2030 Steering Committee has produced a two-year roadmap setting out how regional and global leaders should push national policymakers to include education on the importance of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in school systems around the world.
UNESCO Seeks "Gender Mainstreaming" in Schools

January 02, 2017

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently hosted a workshop in Nairobi, Kenya, on best practices for national policymakers to promote "gender mainstreaming" in schools, including by focusing on "gender-responsive teacher training and professional development."
South Korea Sets up Framework for UN Climate Pledges

January 02, 2017

The South Korean government has produced a "pangovernmental comprehensive framework" on limiting greenhouse gas emissions in the country, including inspections every five years to measure emissions progress, in line with the government's commitments under the UN climate deal agreed in Paris in 2015.
UN Agents Push Portugal on Housing, Sanitation Rights

December 30, 2016

Following a recent official visit to Portugal, two UN human rights mandate holders called on the country's officials to adopt "human rights oriented regulations and safeguards," along with national legislation, guaranteeing the recognition and fulfillment of what they identified as global rights to safe drinking water, sanitation, and adequate housing.