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Lowry: US Must Withdraw Funding from UN
January 04, 2017
Asserting that the resolution on Israeli settlements is merely the latest "disappointment" in the dysfunctional 70-year history of the international organization, Rich Lowry writes in National Review that the US should withhold a significant portion of the UN's funding to force it to accept accountability and halt its "institutional hostility" toward Israel.
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Governments Commit to Global Biodiversity Targets
January 04, 2017
Governments participating in a recent UN summit in Cancun, Mexico, agreed to ramp up action to achieve the global Aichi Biodiversity Targets by the year 2020 and comprehensively integrate biodiversity considerations into their forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and tourism industries.
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Panels Agree to Ocean Monitoring for Global Governance
January 04, 2017
UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission has agreed with other international bodies to create a "global ocean observing system" aimed at "building the knowledge base for improved global governance and for a healthy ocean" and gathering data for a future binding instrument on oceans under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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UNESCO Hosts Training on Climate Change Education
January 04, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently hosted an event in Senegal training teachers from around the world to develop a "school action plan on climate change" and advance the inclusion of curricula on the UN's agenda on global warming throughout their education systems.
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Global Bodies Push for Stronger NHRIs
January 04, 2017
A group of international organizations, including the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), the UN human rights office, and the Council of Europe, have issued a joint statement calling on countries to establish "strong and independent" national human rights institutions (NHRIs) to implement the global human rights agenda in their national contexts.
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