The World of International Organizations
September 29, 2018
Hundreds of organizations and experts described the third United Nations high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases as a “squandered” opportunity.
September 28, 2018
Participants in a high-profile gathering at the United Nations denounced countries that imprison journalists for doing their jobs.
September 27, 2018
The world has lost about 35 percent of its swamps, bogs and other wetlands since nearly a half-century ago, sped up by climate change and overpopulation.
September 25, 2018
At the U.N. General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump belittled the world body as “an unelected, unaccountable global bureaucracy.”
September 24, 2018
The IAEA released two reports this month that together capture nuclear power’s incongruity: its uncertain economic appeal but relative climate advantages.
September 20, 2018
Despite agreeing to create a buffer zone in Syria’s Idlib region, Russia and Turkey will let air raids and ground offensives continue in civilian areas.
September 18, 2018
U.N. human rights investigators urged international justice for Myanmar’s military-led crimes, which show its democratic transition is all but halted.
September 18, 2018
The demilitarized buffer zone in Syria’s Idlib region makes use of a centuries-old tool that international treaties and organizations now use.
September 17, 2018
The World Trade Organization is under mounting pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration to justify its global rules and existence.
September 17, 2018
Diplomats, experts and international organizations are rushing to protect the rich biodiversity of open oceans against commercial pressures.