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WHO Seeks Increased Tobacco Taxes
October 29, 2014
At a conference of parties to the World Health Organization's ("WHO") Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, the WHO adopted a set of guidelines calling for countries around the world to increase their taxes on tobacco in order to discourage smoking.
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Experts: U.S. Should Discourage Palestine UN Membership
October 29, 2014
In response to the renewal of Palestine's threat to apply for membership to 522 international organizations and statutes, Brett Schaefer and James Phillips of the Heritage Foundation write that the U.S. should maintain legal requirements de-funding any organization that accepts Palestine as a member state.
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UN Agent Expresses Alarm Regarding Domestic Drone Use
October 29, 2014
UN Special Rapporteur Christof Heynes has criticized the use of armed drones by authorities in domestic law enforcement as a potential violation of citizens' human rights.
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UN Human Rights Chief Calls for Increase in Budget
October 22, 2014
As the UN continues its expansion of the international human rights agenda, the UN's new High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has bemoaned the limitations of his office's $250 million annual budget.
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UN Agents Demand Restoration of Access to Water in Detroit
October 22, 2014
Two UN rapporteurs investigating whether the City of Detroit engaged in human rights violations in shutting off the water of customers who did not pay their bills have stated that the city must restore access to water in order to uphold these customers' "most basic human rights."
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UN Sustainability Report Calls for "Sexual and Reproductive Health" Rights
October 22, 2014
A report produced by UN Women calls on governments across the world to include women's "empowerment" and "sexual and reproductive health rights," often interpreted to include abortion, in their adoption of the UN sustainable development agenda.
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UN Meeting Leads to "Biodiversity" Funding Redistribution
October 22, 2014
As the UN ramps up its "sustainable development" agenda, the recent UN Convention on Biological Diversity has resulted in a commitment by developed countries to double the redistribution of funding to developing countries in support of efforts by these countries in support of "biodiversity."
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UN Fund Seeks Fresh Start to Global Warming Redistribution
October 22, 2014
Following a board meeting in Barbados, the UN's Green Climate Fund claims that it has solved its governance issues and is ready to redistribute money from the U.S. and U.K. to developing countries to support efforts to combat global warming.
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World Bank Calls for Adoption of Universal Health Coverage
October 22, 2014
The President of the World Bank Group has published an op-ed calling on countries to follow the example of countries like China and Brazil in adopting a program of universal health coverage in order to improve their economic prospects.
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Bayefsky: UN Purveys Terrorist-Friendly Ideology
October 22, 2014
Anne Bayefsky writes that the UN has been a key platform for states that support terrorism, and groups like the Organisation of Islamic States ("OIC"), to divert the public's attention from horrific terrorist acts and toward their "root causes," which they generally identify as Islamophobia, Israel, and Western foreign policy.
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