United Nations

UNESCO Presses for Implementation of "Right to Education"

July 30, 2014

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") has published a set of guidelines pushing for countries to review and amend their education laws and policies to correspond with international instruments establishing a global right to education.
U.S. Seeks UN Governance of Airplane Emission Levels

July 30, 2014

The U.S. ambassador to the UN's International Civil Aviation Organization has expressed hope that the body will come to an agreement on a global standard to curb airplane carbon emissions in an effort to fight climate change.
Commentators Criticize Politically Motivated UN Development Goals

July 30, 2014

Calling the UN's proposed "Sustainable Development Goals" vague, politically motivated, and, in some cases, counterproductive, Brett Schaefer and Terry Miller of the Heritage Foundation write that the U.S. should reject the current version of the goals and seek goals that instead measure anti-poverty progress.
UN Considers Palestinian Request for "Protection System"

July 30, 2014

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has reported to the UN Security Council that he is considering a request from Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to place Palestine under a UN "protection system" that would protect Palestinians against "Israeli aggression" and alleged human rights violations.
UN Schools in Gaza Used to Store Rockets

July 28, 2014

The UN has announced that it has made two discoveries of rockets stored at UN-run schools in Gaza, and that the first set of rockets, which the UN delivered to local authorities, have since gone missing.
UN's Draft Development Goals Focus on "Sustainability"

July 23, 2014

The UN has produced a draft document containing a large number of vague and sometimes contradictory goals for "sustainable development" as it seeks to implement an international agenda on environmental protection and economic equality.
UNOHCHR Releases Report on Mass Surveillance

July 23, 2014

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ("UNOHCHR") has published a report describing its views on the responsibilities of governments and businesses worldwide to avoid human rights violations in mass internet and telecommunications surveillance.
Pillay: Snowden Should Be Shielded from U.S. Prosecution

July 23, 2014

Arguing that his revelations regarding the U.S. National Security Agency cast important light on human rights violations, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has expressed her desire that criminal prosecution of Edward Snowden for exposing state secrets be avoided.
UNESCO Measures Results of "Global Citizenship Education"

July 23, 2014

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization has established a team to recommend how to measure the results of its "Global Citizenship Education" initiative in areas such as "a sense of belonging to a common humanity" and promotion of "a more peaceful and sustainable world."
Bayefsky: UN Undermines Israeli Security

July 23, 2014

Anne Bayefsky describes how the UN has equated Israel's rocket and ground attacks in Gaza with terrorist attacks on civilians and has thus stifled the country's right to self-defense.