United Nations

UN Praises Treaty on Regulation of Arms Trade

December 24, 2014

The UN has hailed the entry into force of its Arms Trade Treaty ("ATT") as an instrument of global governance to regulate the international exchange of weapons.
UN Pushes Curricula on Climate Change in Schools

December 24, 2014

At a recent UN conference on global warming in Lima, Peru, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization adopted a declaration calling on governments around the world to include climate change in school curricula in order to promote "climate awareness" among children.
NGO Cautions on Effects of UN Ebola Response

December 24, 2014

Despite optimistic claims by the UN agency tasked with fighting the ebola crisis in West Africa, the nongovernmental organization ("NGO") Doctors Without Borders says the UN response has been inefficient and has made little "tangible difference" in fighting the crisis.
UN Agents: Climate Negotiations Must Include Human Rights

December 17, 2014

In a statement released during the recent negotiations over global warming in Lima, Peru, a group of UN human rights mandate holders called on countries to include consideration of human rights in these negotiations in order to achieve "climate justice."
UN Seeks Funding of Climate Agenda Through Development

December 17, 2014

The nongovernmental organization WWF has praised UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon for a new report in which he calls for the inclusion of climate-friendly measures at the center of discussions on development funding during the next 15 years.
Moore: Western Funding Is Sole Product of Climate Negotiations

December 17, 2014

Stephen Moore of the Heritage Foundation writes that an agreement to distribute U.S. and European funds to emerging and developing countries, such as China and India, to compensate for potential adverse climate effects was the only tangible product of the UN's recent climate negotiations in Lima, Peru.
World Bank Pushes Measures to Promote Climate Agenda

December 17, 2014

In recent remarks laying out a plan to achieve "net zero" greenhouse gas emissions by the year 2100, President of the World Bank Jim Yong Kim called for national measures on emissions, including taxes on carbon as well as a binding international agreement to combat global warming.
UN Watchdog Calls for Investigation of UNRWA

December 17, 2014

Following a call by the spokesperson for the UN Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA") for a boycott of a major Israeli newspaper, the organization UN Watch has called for the UN Secretary General and the U.S. to investigate UNRWA for breach of neutrality rules.
Palestinian Activist Calls for Overhaul of UNRWA

December 17, 2014

At a recent event, Palestinian human rights activist Bassam Eid called for the reform of the UN Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA"), tasked with providing aid to Palestinian refugees, to seek a practical solution to settlement of these refugees and to cease encouragement of attacks on Israel.
UNESCO Seeks Teachers for "Sustainable Education"

December 17, 2014

A recent conference hosted by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") sought to highlight the need at the national level to hire teachers who have received sufficient training to advance the UN's environmentally friendly "sustainable education" agenda.