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UN Agent Praises End of South Sudan Sanctions
December 06, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy recently praised a decision by the US government to lift sanctions on South Sudan, indicating that the sanctions' "major effect on vulnerable population groups" had constituted a violation of economic and social human rights.
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UN Observers: Death Penalty Is Prohibited Discrimination
December 05, 2017
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has condemned the death penalty, due to their view that it is "a penalty reserved for people from lower socio-economic groups," as a class-based form of discrimination and therefore an "arbitrary killing" in violation of international human rights law.
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WHO Publishes Guidelines on Preventing Obesity
December 05, 2017
Reflecting the growing focus at the UN agency on noncommunicable diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) published in October a set of "obesity guidelines" that describe how "trained professionals" can promote healthy diets and physical activity among children to prevent obesity.
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UN Report Calls for Global Governance of Pollution
December 05, 2017
In a September report, the UN Environment Programme called for people around the world to adopt "a healthier, more sustainable way of living" and pushed for the development of a "global compact on pollution" and a broad expansion of global governance of environmental policy.
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UN Promotes County Climate Funds in Africa
December 04, 2017
The Chinese news agency Xinhua reports that, according to an official of the UN Environment Programme, the UN will assist with the establishment in Africa of county-level "climate change funds" in 40 countries to help provide the $50 billion per year he says is needed by the Continent to counter the impacts of global warming.
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