International Organizations

  • UNESCO Signs Updated Education Recommendations

    April 13, 2016

    Responding to requests from countries to revise the recommendations to reflect "new educational, social, economic, cultural and political trends," officials from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") have signed two updated, "comprehensive" recommendations on adult and vocational education and training policies.

  • UN Develops Action Plan on "Sustainability" in Higher Education

    April 13, 2016

    As its leaders seek to "promote the formation of citizens with a global conscience," the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") recently held a conference at which it developed a four-year strategy for a Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development in higher education institutions around the world.

  • UN Reflects on Progress of Information Access Guidelines

    April 13, 2016

    The UN recently hosted a conference for the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council for the Information for All Programme ("IFAP") at which officials reflected on IFAP's progress in pushing guidelines for the development of national information policy and strategy frameworks, which the UN is using in part to advance its sustainable development agenda.

  • UN Touts Latin American Deal Ahead of Environment Summit

    April 12, 2016

    The UN Environment Programme is praising Latin American countries for agreeing to accelerate cooperation on environmental issues, including climate change, renewable energy, and implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, at a summit just ahead of the UN Environmental Assembly in Kenya in May.

  • US, China Agree to Immediate Signature of UN Climate Deal

    April 12, 2016

    The New York Times reports that, despite an ongoing US court battle casting doubt on the unilateral executive implementation of a UN deal seeking to limit global greenhouse gas emissions, the Presidents of the US and China have agreed to sign the UN climate change agreement later this month, on the first day it is open to signatures.

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