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Canadian University Targets Youth with SDG Training
August 19, 2019
To date, the University of Manitoba has provided about 6,000 college students with training to increase their understanding of the UN SDGs and “empower them to take action on issues such as sustainable development, poverty education, inequality and climate change.
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UN Agencies Seek to Globalize Human Right to a Healthy Environment
August 16, 2019
The UNEP and UN Human Rights Office have agreed to cooperate in pressuring national governments to accept the human right to a healthy environment, thereby promoting its global recognition.
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Scientists Seek UN Regulation of Biodiversity in Ocean “Twilight Zone”
August 15, 2019
Oceanographer Mark Abbott and marine biologist Chris Scholin call on governments participating in a UN meeting next week on global ocean governance to provide for the international regulation of biodiversity in the “twilight zone” beneath the sunlit surface waters of the oceans.
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UN Agent Pushes France to Repatriate IS Members
August 13, 2019
Citing “serious structural problems” in the Iraqi legal system, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial executions Agnes Callamard is calling on the French government to repatriate seven French nationals to prevent their execution over their membership in the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group.
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UN Rights Chief Criticizes US Sanctions on Maduro Regime
August 12, 2019
Highlighting her office’s focus on controversial economic and social rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has criticized the US government’s imposition of new sanctions on the Maduro regime in Venezuela, warning they will “exacerbate” the ongoing economic crisis for Venezuelans.
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