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World Bank Seeks $70 Billion in Redistributive "Climate Finance"
April 15, 2015
The World Bank has called for developed countries around the world to redistribute a total of $70 billion in "climate finance" granted to developing countries to adapt to the effects of climate change and reduce their carbon emissions.
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Iran Joins Board of UN Women
April 15, 2015
UN Watch reports that following the decision of the U.S. and EU not to offer any alternative candidates for the position, the UN Economic and Social Council elected Iran to the Executive Board of UN Women, whose purpose is to pursue women's rights around the world.
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NGOs Push World Bank on Human Rights Agenda
April 15, 2015
As the World Bank begins its spring meetings in Washington, D.C., a group of nongovernmental organizations ("NGOs") have called on the World Bank President to integrate the global human rights agenda in the development bank's environmental and social policies.
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Economist: UN's Development Goals Will Fail
April 14, 2015
An article in The Economist argues that the UN's proposed set of Sustainable Development Goals, a list of 169 targets relating to poverty, infrastructure, and the climate to be achieved by 2030, is an unrealistic wish list that "is being set up to fail."
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Report Raises UN Accountability Concerns
April 14, 2015
The nonprofit Government Accountability Project has released a report that finds "fundamental shortcomings" in the UN's system of accountability for peacekeeping missions.
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UN Seeks Disarmament in Light of Regional Conflicts
April 13, 2015
UN High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Angela Kane has warned that in light of "the world's brewing conflicts," the UN Disarmament Commission needs to step up efforts toward disarmament of nuclear and conventional weapons across the globe.
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UN Pushes "Environmental Rule of Law" in Inter-American Summit
April 13, 2015
As it seeks to drive up support for the UN's "sustainable development" agenda, the UN Environment Programme recently cooperated with the Organization of American States and other groups on a conference pressing for implementation of a common "environmental rule of law."
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Development Banks Agree to "Climate Finance" Principles
April 13, 2015
The World Bank has announced that at a recent Climate Finance Forum in Paris, two sets of development banks agreed to a common set of standards for tracking how much financial support these institutions provide to projects that mitigate global warming.
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Robinson Pushes Link Between Climate Agenda, Human Rights
April 10, 2015
An article on the website Responding to Climate Change demonstrates activists' commitment to use a human rights narrative to push the UN's climate agenda, as former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson calls for "climate justice" in international negotiations over greenhouse gases.
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Mariaschin Criticizes "UN-Imposed" Israel-Palestine Settlement
April 10, 2015
Daniel Mariaschin of B’nai B’rith International writes that the UN, which he argues has been biased against Israel in negotiations over the creation of a Palestinian state, should not be the source of an "imposed" settlement mandating a two-state solution to the conflict.
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