United Nations

UN Agency: Remove Barriers to Sexual Rights

July 01, 2015

The UN's World Health Organization has released a report calling for countries to remove legal and regulatory barriers to "sexual and reproductive health rights," which the report says are human rights that include access to contraception and abortion.
UNGA Calls for Development of Ocean Biodiversity Treaty

July 01, 2015

The UN General Assembly ("UNGA") has adopted a resolution that calls for the development of a "comprehensive global regime" that addresses the conservation of biodiversity on the high seas.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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."
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.