United Nations

New Global Accord Targeting Greenhouse Gases Enters into Force

January 10, 2019

The UN Environment Programme has applauded the entry into force of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which aims to limit the production and consumption of greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons to help achieve the ambitious goals of the UN’s Paris climate accord.
UN, Sports Groups Launch Climate Action Framework

January 10, 2019

The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, the International Olympic Committee, and other sports organizations have launched a Sports for Climate Action Framework aiming to reduce sports-related greenhouse gas emissions and use sporting events to promote the goals of the UN’s Paris climate accord and “sustainable development” agenda.
UN Agency Advocates for “Environmentally Displaced People”

January 09, 2019

The UN Environment Programme's interview of a “climate justice” campaigner highlights the UN agency’s promotion of a new category of “involuntary” migrants, called “environmentally displaced people,” who would gain a right to claim legal protection abroad as they flee the impacts of climate change.
Official Says Israel Blocked Palestinian UN Membership

January 08, 2019

Fox News reports that, according to Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon, Israel recently blocked a bid by the Palestinian Authority to become a full member of the UN, arguing that Palestine did not meet the requirements of UN membership due to its payments to terrorists.
Trump Advisor: UNGA Vote Jeopardizes Israel-Palestine Peace

January 08, 2019

Jason Greenblatt, advisor to US President Donald Trump on Israel, criticizes the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for “defending terrorism” by failing to pass a resolution condemning the indiscriminate firing of rockets by Hamas into Israeli territory and thus emboldening the terrorist group to commit further violent activities, jeopardizing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Academic: UNRWA Ensures Its Survival Through Terminology

January 08, 2019

Professor Daniel Beaudoin of Tel Aviv University writes that the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees has guaranteed its ongoing political usefulness by expanding the definition of a “refugee” to ensure the insolubility of the Palestinian refugee issue, indicating that only by limiting the meaning of this term can UNRWA be adequately reformed.
US, Israel Withdraw from UNESCO

January 08, 2019

Fox News reports that the US and Israel have officially withdrawn from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), citing UNESCO’s bias against Israel as demonstrated by resolutions downplaying and disregarding the Jewish connection to sites in Jerusalem.
Turkey Plans to Demand UN Investigation of Khashoggi Murder

January 04, 2019

Al Jazeera reports that Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has announced plans to work with other countries to issue a formal demand for UN bodies to investigate the killing of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Hungarian Spokesman: UN Compact Seeks to Legalize Illegal Migration

January 04, 2019

Victoria Friedman writes that Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács recently characterized the UN’s and EU’s backing of a Global Compact on Migration as efforts to legalize illegal migration and as a mistaken attempt to recognize migration as a fundamental human right.
UNGA Approves Global Compact on Refugee Treatment

January 03, 2019

The UN General Assembly (UNGA) recently approved a Global Compact on Refugees, struck without the support of the US, that includes pledges to limit the detention of asylum seekers and seeks more discretion for UN actors to allocate refugees among UN members.