United Nations
Two degrees of global warming
The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation says their aim of keep global temperatures below a two degree rise is becoming increasingly......
Sovereignty movement calls for Australia to be denied UNSC seat
Australia’s Indigenous sovereignty movement, First Nations, has called upon the United Nations to deny Australia’s Security Council seat bid. The......
Australia bids for seat on UN Security Council
Prime Minister Julia Gillard addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York earlier and she took the opportunity to......
Push for global arms treaty may be stymied by major powers
Next month The United Nations will meet to discuss whether to implement an Arms Trade Treaty. The Treaty would regulate......
Sovereignty calls to UN
It’s no small thing for the United Nations to interfere in domestic policy, and yet last week it fielded calls......
Australia’s UN Security Council bid
Despite much debate, Australia is vying for a seat on the UN Security Council for 2013 to 2014. The election,......
COP17 in Durban: beyond the Kyoto pact
The UN climate change conference starts in Durban next week, but many developed countries have already backed away from renewing......
UN climate talks only a week away
There were high hopes for the international climate change talks in Copenhagen back in 2009. But hopes were dashed when......
UN forum could undermine progress on cluster munitions
Back in 2008 Australia signed an International Convention to end the use of Cluster Munitions, but the law has never......
Palestine now a full member of UNESCO
The United States will cut funding for the UN body for Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) after the organization voted......