U.N. Human Rights Officials Call For Investigation of Navalny Poisoning
They claim that only state actors could have carried out the assault on the Russian dissident.
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Medical Marijuana Gets the Green Light From the United Nations
Plus: Trump says he'll veto defense bill if it doesn't destroy the internet, House moves to free federal court records, and more...
The United Nations Wants You To Stop Saying Gendered Words
"Humankind" instead of "mankind," "salesperson" instead of "salesman," and so on
The WHO Is Right To Reject Calls To Ban So-Called 'Wet Markets'
Wet markets should be made safer, not driven underground.
How Long Can an All-Food Economy Stay Stable Under Shadow of COVID-19?
Stores seem full now, but both illness and legal barriers could interfere with the economy of food production and distribution.
Activists Denounce Madrid Climate Change Conference Outcomes as 'Totally Unacceptable' and 'Deeply Flawed'
COP25 whimpers to its inconclusive close.
COP25: U.N. Climate Negotiations in Madrid Follow Traditional Dramatic Arc
Hope, despair, diplomatic equivocation
U.N. Elects Venezuela to Human Rights Council
The council's design all but ensures absurdities like this.
How To Have Impossible Conversations in Terrible Times
In a new book, Peter Boghossian, one of the perpetrators of the "grievance studies" hoax, outlines how ideological opponents can reach common ground.
Climate Activists Around the World Will Take to the Streets on Friday. Will Their Protests Matter?
Or, will global leaders ignore them just like they did the People's Climate March in 2014?
Venezuelan Government Uses Arbitrary Arrests, Torture, and 'Death Squads' to Keep Order, U.N. Finds
A new report from the U.N.'s High Commissioner for Human Rights finds a "shockingly high" number of politically motivated extrajudicial killings.
U.N. Says 1 Million Species Will Go Extinct Without a 'Fundamental, System-wide Reorganization'
But predictions of the apocalypse are again likely overstated.
This One Chart About Global Aging Changes Everything
"For the first time ever there are now more people in the world older than 65 than younger than 5."
No More $1 Yoga Pants as Trump Aims Trade War at Global Postal Treaty
Trump's latest trade war maneuver will raise prices, but it's more defensible than his tariffs.
State Department Demands Spouses of Gay Diplomats, U.N. Staff Get Legally Married to Visit—Even if They Can't
An absurdly petty intersection of anti-gay and anti-foreigner policies.
The United Nations Cites Bad Straw Stats While Lauding Latin American Bans
Pushing punitive bans is a strange activity for an organization dedicated to defending human rights.
Autonomous Warbots Could Be More Moral Than Human Soldiers
A preemptive ban risks being a tragic moral failure rather than an ethical triumph.
23rd U.N. Climate Change Conference Opens in Bonn
The Trump administration sends low-level bureaucrats as delegates to the climate negotiations.
U.S. Withdrawal From UNESCO Is a Good Start
The Trump administration should look at America's participation in other U.N. offshoots too.
No, the U.S. Didn't Just Take a Stand for Executing Gay People
Don't believe the hype about the U.N.'s resolution on the death penalty.
Free Speech Activists Brawl with Supporters of Turkish President Erdo?an
Clash for the third time in two years in U.S. between supporters and opponents of Erdo?an.
Trump's Selective Sovereignty Is Par for the Course in U.S. Foreign Policy
The president's "principled realism" promises more restraint than he has delivered so far.
Show Business Patter Aside, Trump's a Fairly Conventional Militarist
How Trump's UN speech fits into his foreign policy.
A U.N. Effort to Make Cultural Appropriation Illegal?
An intergovernmental committee meets in Geneva this week to talk about "protecting" traditional cultural expressions.
A Spectacularly Stupid Idea: Governing Land as a Global Commons
Making an environmental resource a commons is tantamount to calling for its destruction.
Does Nikki Haley Have Any Clear Foreign Policy Views?
The likely next ambassador to the United Nations might be a rising GOP star, but she hasn't been very vocal on international affairs.
The World Health Organization's Tough Tactics Against Tobacco and E-Cigs
The United Nations' public health agency achieves consensus through mass detentions and media censorship.
Is Climate Change Already Solved?
"The market is clearly headed towards clean energy, and that trend will only become more pronounced."
Keep It In The Ground: A Global Carbon Budget
"Globally, a third of oil reserves, half of gas reserves and over 80 per cent of current coal reserves should remain unused."
John Kerry's Climate Change Swan Song at Marrakech
"No one has the right to make decisions that affect billions of people based solely on ideology."
2016 Could Edge Out 1998 as Hottest Year in Satellite Temperature Record
U.N. climate change meeting opens today in Marrakech, Morocco.
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Paris Climate Agreement Comes Into Effect
U.S. not on track to meet Obama's promised greenhouse gas cuts
John Bolton, Trump's Likely Secretary of State, Is Addicted to Regime Change
How does this square with the candidate's stated foreign policies?
U.S., Other Powers Open Door to Arming Provisional Libya Government
U.S. troops on the ground seeking potential fighting partners.
Early Lessons From Marijuana Legalization in Colorado
A new report from the state Department of Public Safety considers the consequences.
Museum of Drug Policy Pops Up in New York For U.N. Special Session on "World Drug Problem"
Unlike the feckless diplomats a few blocks away, artists presented a clear and devastating picture of the global war on drugs.
Earth Day 2016: Paris Climate Agreement Signed
Too weak or a giant bureaucratic threat to democracy?
Earth Day: U.S. and 170 Countries Sign Paris Climate Agreement: New at Reason
Saving the planet or just massively expanding activist and bureaucratic power?
U.N. Drug Policy Meeting's Banal Consensus Masks Encouraging Disagreements
"Putting people first" might mean legalizing drugs, or it might mean beheading drug dealers.
What the World Can Learn From Colorado's Marijuana Experience
A new report suggests some tentative observations about the consequences of legalization.
Lancet Commission Recommends Drug Legalization
As the U.N. prepares for a special session on "the world drug problem," 22 experts catalog the costs of prohibition.
Paris Climate Change Conference
Paris Climate Warriors in a Good Mood
Second Dispatch: Also they believe that global warming a is huge business opportunity.
World Could Still Keep Future Man-Made Warming Below 2 Degrees Celsius
So says the new U.N. analysis of national climate plans from 146 countries
