United Nations

OHCHR Calls for End to Abortion Ban in El Salvador

January 08, 2018

The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on El Salvador to end its ban on abortion, calling the country's abortion laws "draconian" and arguing that their application to the decisions of expecting mothers to seek an abortion violates international human rights law.
Politician Seeks UN Deployment of Peacekeepers in Chicago

January 05, 2018

ABC7 reports that Richard Boykin, who serves as Commissioner of Illinois's Cook County, recently visited the UN Assistant Secretary General to request UN intervention through peacekeeping efforts in Chicago to help reduce gun violence.
World Bank Agrees to Billions in Funding for City Climate Action

January 05, 2018

The World Bank Group has signed an agreement with the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, an organization of mayors around the world committed to combating global warming, to invest $4.5 billion in cities' "aggressive" measures to implement the UN's "sustainable development" and "climate resilience" agenda.
US Remains in Talks on UN Refugee Pact

January 05, 2018

George Russell reports that, despite pulling out of talks on the development of a Global Compact on Migration, the Trump Administration is still engaging in the negotiation of a separate global agreement on the treatment of refugees in an effort to streamline and modernize the UN refugee system's approach to dealing with asylum seekers.
UN Agencies Plan Center on Rights in Sports

January 05, 2018

The International Labour Organization (ILO) and other UN agencies have announced that, in cooperation with nongovernmental organizations, businesses, athletes, and trade unions, they are launching a Centre for Sport & Human Rights in 2018 focused on efforts to implement the global human rights agenda in the sports industry.
Local Officials Sidestep US Policy on Migration Pact

January 04, 2018

Foreign Policy reports that local government officials in the US are seeking to circumvent the federal government policy by petitioning UN officials for inclusion in the international organization's plans for a global compact on migration in 2018 following the Trump Administration's decision to withdraw from talks on such a compact.
UN Rights Chief Opposes Mexican Security Law

January 04, 2018

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called on the Mexican Senate to reject proposed legislation on internal security reform providing for an expanded role of the country's armed forces in law enforcement, arguing that aspects of the law strengthening the military's role in domestic security affairs violates international human rights standards.
Canada Reports Compliance with UN Climate Agenda

January 03, 2018

The Canadian government has summarized its most recent biannual report to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to show that it is abiding by the UNFCCC's agenda on combating global warming through measures including carbon taxation and phasing out all coal-fired electricity.
Commentator: US Must Use Funding to Rein in UN

January 03, 2018

Fred Fleitz of the Center for Security Policy writes that the Trump Administration must hold the UN accountable when it serves as a forum for anti-US and anti-Israel resolutions and rhetoric, including by bringing back US government scoring of foreign countries on UN General Assembly votes to determine the aid they should receive.
Former US Adviser Criticizes UN on Jerusalem Vote

January 03, 2018

Former adviser to the US Ambassador to the UN Hugh Dugan asserts that the UN General Assembly has cemented its reputation as a "hopelessly biased anti-American and anti-Israel debating society" in singling out the US for criticism over its recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel while ignoring rights violations by authoritarian regimes around the world.