International Organizations

  • WHO Lauds Health Benefits of UN Climate Agenda

    November 30, 2015

    A report from the World Health Organization ("WHO") praises the potential benefits of government implementation of the UN's agenda on countering climate change and calculates the number of lives per year that will be saved by 2050 by reducing climate pollutants.

  • Publication Continues UN Push for "Global Citizenship Education"

    November 30, 2015

    The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") and other international organizations have released a publication calling for countries to include "global citizenship" and human-rights education in children's curricula in order to achieve "peaceful, sustainable and inclusive societies."

  • Archbishop: UN Should Consider Benefits of School Choice

    November 25, 2015

    In a statement on the Holy See to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ("CERD"), Archbishop Wilton Gregory of the Roman Catholic Archidocese of Atlanta called for CERD to consider the benefits of Catholic schools in encouraging upward mobility in minority communities.

  • UN Launches Global Rice Management Standard

    November 25, 2015

    The Sustainable Rice Platform, a group convened by the UN Environment Programme in partnership with a nongovernmental organization, has released a global Standard for Sustainable Rice Cultivation, which aims for "environmentally sustainable and socially responsible rice production."

  • Developing Countries Demand Funding in UN Climate Deal

    November 25, 2015

    Reuters reports that demands from developing countries for increased funding from developed countries to help them adapt to the effects of global warming are a growing sticking point in negotiations over a UN deal on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change to be concluded in Paris at the end of 2015.

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