International Organizations

  • OSCE Group Calls for Closure of Guantanamo Facility

    February 04, 2015

    A delegation from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe's ("OSCE") Parliamentary Assembly has called on the U.S. to close its Guantanamo Bay detention center and criticized the lack of access of Guantanamo inmates to elements of a fair trial.

  • Activist Initiative Seeks Local "Ratification" of CEDAW Treaty

    February 04, 2015

    The "Cities for CEDAW" initiative is seeking to bypass ratification of the Convention to Ellminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women ("CEDAW") in the U.S. Senate by securing adoption of the treaty's principles by local governments around the country.

  • UN Pushes "Human Right" to Sex Education

    February 04, 2015

    The UN Population Fund has published a document guiding the agency's officials regarding how best to promote "comprehensive sexuality education" as a human right among young people around the world.

  • UN Organizes Second "Global Citizenship Education" Forum

    January 28, 2015

    The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") is organizing a Second Forum on Global Citizenship Education in order to place pressure on countries around the world to promote its human rights and environmental agenda in their education systems.

  • WEF Participants Call for Redistribution Measures

    January 28, 2015

    Participants on a recent World Economic Forum ("WEF") panel in Davos, Switzerland, including International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde, called for energy subsidies and other government and business expenditures to be redirected to help reduce economic inequality.

Total Records: 3533
More News  <<  <  656  657  658  659  660  >  >> 
 

Weekly Update

Syndicate our content