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Business Advisor to Australian Prime Minister Criticizes Climate Change Agenda
May 08, 2015
In an op-ed published in The Australian in advance of an upcoming visit to Australia by Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN's Framework on Climate Change, Maurice Newman, Chairman of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's Business Advisory Council, describes the climate change agenda as an attempt to create a new world order under the control of the United Nations that "is opposed to capitalism and freedom."
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UNEP, EU Cooperate on Global Climate Agenda
May 08, 2015
The UN Environment Programme ("UNEP") has announced a new cooperation agreement with the European Commission in order to promote the UN's agenda on sustainability and climate change.
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OSCE Pushes for Official Legal Status
May 08, 2015
In a recent seminar held by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE"), diplomats and OSCE Parliamentarians called for the legal status of the international organization to be strengthened in order to more effectively deal with international crises.
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Eldar: UNRWA Takes No Responsibility for Weapons at Shelters
May 07, 2015
Shlomi Eldar of Al-Monitor argues that a recent UN report on the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza in 2014 fails to hold the UN Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA") responsible for the storage of Palestinian weapons at UNRWA shelters during the conflict.
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Schaefer Proposes UN Reforms on Funding, Transparency
May 07, 2015
In recent U.S. Senate committee testimony, Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation called on Congress to place pressure on the UN to initiate reforms aimed at balancing funding across member countries and promoting transparency and accountability at the organization.
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