The World of International Organizations
July 30, 2018
Artificial intelligence will be examined as a potential tool of sustainable development by international organizations, tech giants and academics.
July 24, 2018
Deep-seated Muslim anger at efforts to satirize Prophet Muhammad in Danish cartoons stirred the IOC to propose a ban against incitement of religious hatred.
July 23, 2018
Three times a year, a little-known expert panel gathers in Geneva and New York with a monumental task: upholding people’s civil and political rights.
July 19, 2018
A U.N. expert panel returned from Bangladesh after gathering evidence of a military-planned campaign of genocide against Myanmar’s Rohingya people.
July 19, 2018
Modern slavery overtook the lives of at least 40.3 million people worldwide in 2016, according to estimates by an international organization.
July 19, 2018
International organizations welcomed the end of Turkey’s emergency rule and called on its government to uphold basic human rights and legal standards.
July 18, 2018
A new global pact for promoting safe migration is advancing through the United Nations without participation from the United States and Hungary.
July 17, 2018
A panel of independent experts warned the WTO could become irrelevant if trade wars and tensions cause wider “backsliding” towards trade protectionism.
July 17, 2018
Global investment in renewables and energy efficiency declined 3 percent to US$318 billion in 2017 and “there is a risk” it will slow more this year, IEA said.
July 16, 2018
The world’s foremost international organization for financing environmental change sent up smoke signals warning faster action is needed on many fronts.