International Organizations

  • UN "Call to Action" Seeks Gender Equality at Work

    March 21, 2018

    At the conclusion of an event hosted by the Government of Chile and the UN Development Programme, representatives of business, government, and international and nongovernmental organizations issued a Call to Action of Chile committing them to policies promoting gender equality in employment as a path toward fulfilling the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

  • UN Officials Dismiss as "Xenophobic" Warnings of Migration Risks

    March 20, 2018

    Reiterating the narrative that "the benefits of migration vastly outweigh the challenges," senior UN officials at a UN meeting preparing for the negotiation of a Global Compact on Migration called for the quelling of "xenophobic political narratives" on migrants and reliance instead on an "evidence-based approach" to the phenomenon.

  • UNESCO Publishes Sustainability Science Guidelines

    March 20, 2018

    The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched a set of "sustainability science guidelines" containing principles aiming to encourage scientific developments that will "allow societies to better address global and local sustainability challenges" in line with the comprehensive UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

  • UN Committee, NHRIs Call for Reporting on Disability Rights

    March 20, 2018

    The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) have adopted a joint declaration pushing governments to establish "independent monitoring frameworks" to gather and report on data regarding the rights of persons with disabilities at the global level.

  • UN Chief Calls Charter a "Living Template"

    March 20, 2018

    At a recent briefing of the UN Security Council, UN Secretary-General António Guterres labeled the UN Charter a "living template" and identified a need to continue to "update its tools" to best contribute to peace and security efforts in today's society.

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