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WHO Urges Trillions of Dollars in Spending on Health SDGs
July 26, 2017
The UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has published a report detailing the costs associated with reaching the health targets of the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and arguing that it "is the responsibility of every country and national government to pursue" universal health coverage to achieve health-related SDGs.
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UNESCO, Brazil Target Children with SDG Education
July 26, 2017
As part of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Education for Sustainable Development campaign, UNESCO's office in Brazil recounts its initiatives with the Brazilian government to promote the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) among school children.
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UNESCO, WHO Partner on SDG Initiative
July 26, 2017
Showing the single-minded prioritization within the UN system of the body's wide-ranging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in April, the heads of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) signed an agreement to push cooperation between the global health and education sectors to achieve the SDGs.
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UNESCO Resolution Denies Israeli Ties to Jerusalem
July 26, 2017
The Times of Israel reports that the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) adopted a resolution on Israel's Independence Day denying any legal or historical ties of Israel to Jerusalem, calling the democratic country an "occupying power" in the city, and pushing for an end to Israel's blockade of Gaza.
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US Senators Criticize Anti-Israel Bias at UN
July 26, 2017
In an April letter to UN Secretary-General António Guterres signed by all 100 US Senators, the lawmakers called for reform of the UN system to halt "continued targeting of Israel by the U.N. Human Rights Council and other U.N. entities," including by changing the rules of the human rights body to broaden access to membership.
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