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With US Funds Gone, UN Population Fund Faces Brutal Choices in Helping Women

September 4, 2017August 27, 2017 by Barbara Crossette

It will soon be two years since the United Nations adopted a new 15-year development policy encapsulated in the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This sprawling, ambitious agenda was designed partly to address the shortcomings of the Millennium Goals, the most disheartening of which for women was the failure to meet promises of improved maternal health … Read more With US Funds Gone, UN Population Fund Faces Brutal Choices in Helping Women

For the US, a Tale of Two Human-Rights Violations

July 24, 2017July 14, 2017 by Kacie Candela

Nikki Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, is positioning herself as a champion of human rights. But she appears to be highly selective about which countries or regimes she accuses of committing human-rights abuses. At the same time, she has been pushing hard for cuts to UN peacekeeping missions, which could hurt their … Read more For the US, a Tale of Two Human-Rights Violations

Why the US Must Stay in the UN Human Rights Council

June 6, 2017June 4, 2017 by Christen L. Broecker

Nikki Haley, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, will address the Human Rights Council at the opening meeting of it 35th session, on June 6. She has said she intends to put the 47 members of the Council “on notice” about the need for reform. Some of Haley’s colleagues, including Secretary of State Rex … Read more Why the US Must Stay in the UN Human Rights Council

With US Funds Gone, UN Population Fund Faces Brutal Choices in Helping Women

For the US, a Tale of Two Human-Rights Violations

Why the US Must Stay in the UN Human Rights Council

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