United Nations

UN Agent Pushes US to Lift Trade Embargo Against Cuba

July 10, 2015

Praising the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and international sanctions Idriss Jazairy has called for the US to end the "adverse social, economic and humanitarian consequences" besetting the population of Cuba by ending its trade embargo on the country.
UN Official Highlights Ambitious "Sustainability" Agenda

July 09, 2015

Opening the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, President of the UN Economic and Social Council Martin Sajdik demonstrated the ambitious nature of the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goals, which include targets focused on the rule of law and "protection of the planet."
Economist Criticizes Proliferation of UN Development Goals

July 08, 2015

Economist Bibek Debroy has expressed concern that the UN's proposed Sustainable Development Goals, which will seek to guide global development policies for the next 15 years, are too broad and vague to be implemented and would be impossible to measure.
Report Outlines Shortcomings of WHO Ebola Response

July 08, 2015

An independent panel has issued a report detailing the shortcomings of the response of the UN's World Health Organization ("WHO") to the recent ebola outbreak in West Africa and calling for an increase in WHO funding and an overhaul of the organization's emergency apparatus.
Legal Expert Questions Basis of UN Gaza Report

July 08, 2015

In a recent statement to the UN Human Rights Council, law professor and senior law of war adviser for the US Army Geoffrey Corn rejected the foundations of a UN report on the 2014 conflict in Gaza, arguing in part that the report "is not based on credible military operational exercise."
UN Agents Criticize Creditors for Greece Bailout Conditions

July 08, 2015

In a recent statement, two UN Independent Experts on human rights issues criticized the EU and IMF for demanding "retrogressive austerity measures" from Greece in return for further bailout funds.
UN Agents Relaunch Calls for US Death Penalty Abolition

July 07, 2015

In response to the recent sentencing of 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death, two UN observers have called on the US to outlaw the death penalty and argued that the sovereign authority of the states under the US federal system provides no excuse for the continuation of capital punishment.
Development Banks Report $28 Billion in Climate Contributions

July 06, 2015

In a recent report, a group of six large multilateral development banks calculated that they had provided $28 billion in support of the UN's agenda of countering climate change and adapting to its effect in 2014.
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.