United Nations

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.
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.