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UN Agency Pushes for Broad "Refugee" Definition
December 14, 2016
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees has issued guidelines calling on governments to recognize that anyone fleeing armed conflict in their home country deserves asylum, criticizing laws that restrict refugee status to people who are individually targeted with persecution as based on a "myth."
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China Seeks More "Equitable" Internet Governance
December 14, 2016
Signaling the rising threat of internet control by authoritarian regimes, leadership of the Communist Party of China has called for other countries to recognize "cyberspace sovereignty" - or the right of each government to control the internet within their borders - and to permit a "more fair and equitable" global governance of the internet.
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China Takes "Pragmatic" Global Governance Approach
December 13, 2016
Dr. Chen Zheng of the University of Oxford writes that China's current pragmatic approach to global governance institutions, with a focus on global economic governance over human rights issues, is subject to an increasing internal debate on how much the country should engage with transnational organizations.
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Countries Adopt UN "Sustainable Transport" Policy
December 13, 2016
Government officials meeting at a UN summit in Turkmenistan adopted an "Ashgabat Statement" pledging to build more "sustainable" and climate-friendly transportation systems, as UN representatives pushed for the mobilization of trillions of dollars in investments for such sustainable transport.
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UN Pushes SDGs with Outer Space Declaration
December 13, 2016
Following the recent UN High Level Forum on Space as a Driver for Socio-economic Sustainable Development, participating governments and other attendees adopted a Dubai Declaration that pushes for governments to align their policies on outer space with the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.
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