-
UN Official Blasts Australian Refugee Processing
September 20, 2017
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi recently condemned Australia's system of offshore processing centers on the islands of Nauru and Papua New Guinea for asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat, arguing that they cause "extensive, avoidable suffering" and run contrary to "common decency."
-
UN Officials Seek Multilateralism on Climate, SDGs
September 19, 2017
UN officials opened the high-level segment of the UN Economic and Social Council's 2017 session in July by stressing the need for multilateralism and funding from rich to poor countries to combat worldwide challenges such as climate change, as one official labeled the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) "a new social contract for the world."
-
UN Bases SDG Efforts in Global Technology
September 19, 2017
A report from several high-ranking UN officials organized by the UN's International Telecommunications Union describes how the UN will work to leverage the power of information and communication technologies to achieve each of the comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
-
UNESCO Teaches Gambian Youth "Sustainability"
September 19, 2017
In July, UNESCO's network in The Gambia gathered hundreds of young people in the country to teach them about the UN agency's "Global Citizenship Education" (GCE) and "Education for Sustainable Development" (ESD) programs aimed "to promote fundamental values of peaceful co-existence" and ended the session with a declaration in favor of GCE and ESD learning.
-
UNESCO Letter Prioritizes SDGs in Universities
September 19, 2017
UNESCO's recent International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) Letter highlights the extent to which the UN agency has prioritized embedding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the year 2030 into education systems around the world, including by pushing higher education institutions to teach students to advance the SDGs.
Copyright 2024 Global Governance Watch. All Rights Reserved.
A project of The Federalist Society for Law & Public Policy Studies