United Nations

UN Chief: SDGs Contribute to "Fair" Globalization

March 30, 2018

In a speech in Seoul, South Korea, UN Secretary-General António Guterres presented the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the blueprint for a "fair" globalization that combats economic inequality around the world and implements the UN's agenda on climate change.
EC Reports on Urban Development Efforts

March 30, 2018

The European Commission (EC) issued a report at the UN's World Urban Forum detailing their progress in meeting their sustainable urban development goals, including developing action plans to enact priorities from the UN agendas on climate and development.
UN Program Launches All-Encompassing Anti-Discrimination Campaign

March 29, 2018

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS marked "Zero Discrimination Day" with a global campaign seeking to stamp out all forms of public and private discrimination based on "HIV status, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, race, ethnicity, language, geographical location or migrant status," or any other characteristic.
UNESCO Promotes "Social Cohesion" Agenda in Early Childhood

March 29, 2018

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has published an article spotlighting its promotion of a "Cradle for Social Cohesion" project identifying early childhood as the best time for indoctrination in the broad, malleable concepts of "gender equality and a culture of peace."
UN Agent Calls for Global Accord on "Right to Healthy Environment"

March 29, 2018

UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment John Knox has called for global recognition of "the human right to a healthy environment" through a human-rights agreement with international effect.
Stephens: Bolton Is Right About UN Criticism

March 28, 2018

Bret Stephens writes in The New York Times that John Bolton, recently selected as US National Security Advisor, is correct in his long-running criticism of the UN, based on a litany of abuses and inaction by an institution Stephens calls "a never-ending scandal disguised as an everlasting hope."
UN Agent Seeks "Respectful Distance" Between Government, Religion

March 28, 2018

UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief Ahmed Shaheed recently waded into the debate regarding the optimal interaction between religion and government, asserting that the best version of this relationship is one of "respectful distance" and that governments should promote "a social and political commitment to fostering pluralism" in the religious sphere.
UN Group Weighs in Against Israeli Deportation Policy

March 28, 2018

A group of UN human rights mandate holders recently issued a statement demanding that the Israeli government refrain from deporting Eritrean and Sudanese migrants to their home countries, accusing Israel of violating international human rights provisions against race discrimination by targeting nationals from sub-Saharan Africa.
UN Agent: Detention of Illegal Migrants Can Amount to "Torture"

March 28, 2018

In testimony before the UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Rapporteur on torture Nils Melzer warned that deterrence and obstruction of illegal migration, including through "arbitrary" detention practices, could amount to "torture or ill-treatment" in violation of international human rights law and called for an "individualized risk assessment" before any migrant deportation.
Legislators Review US Funding for WHO Carcinogen Body

March 27, 2018

Fox News has published an op-ed describing an investigation by a committee of the US House of Representatives regarding the process through which the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer used US funding to determine that an array of products in widespread use across the globe are carcinogenic.