The World of International Organizations
December 31, 2018
(AN) — Foreign meddling in conflicts, U.S.-China trade tensions and global warming topped the concerns of leading international organizations at the end of 2018.
December 26, 2018
(AN) — Japan announced that it will resume commercial whaling by withdrawing from an international organization set up under a treaty signed in the U.S. capital 72 years ago.
December 21, 2018
(AN) — The world is on fire. Adults failed to stop it, so they should get out of the way and let children lead. A protest movement of youth who feel betrayed by adult inaction on climate change has been taking wing, spreading that message worldwide.
December 19, 2018
(AN) — A global migration pact won approval in the United Nations General Assembly, setting up a universal system for ensuring the humane movement of people.
December 18, 2018
(AN) — Journalists faced an “unprecedented level of hostility” in 2018 due to populist hatred whipped up by “unscrupulous politicians, religious leaders and businessmen,” Reporters Without Borders said in a new report.
December 17, 2018
(AN) — The United Nations General Assembly adopted a new global treaty that spreads responsibility for those helping refugees flee from war and persecution.
December 15, 2018
(AN) — Almost 200 nations adopted a rulebook for the Paris Agreement that sets out how nations must report their carbon emissions and pay for climate action.
December 13, 2018
(AN) — UNAIDS said it will take “immediate” steps to recover from a sexual harassment scandal but allow its embattled leader Michel Sidibé to remain until June.
December 13, 2018
(AN) — At risk of ending without agreement, the U.N. climate conference was jolted towards a potential compromise by urgent appeals for unity from the U.N. secretary-general and Fiji’s prime minister.
December 10, 2018
(AN) — One in four people worldwide said they had to pay a bribe to access public services in the past year, Transparency International reported on International Anti-Corruption Day.
