By Mathew Carr
April 2-4, 2024 — UN carbon gets in the good books…but the UN is still mostly demonized … because it’s captured by the west?
Fairness and diversity of power — truly shared power and global democracy — is needed.
Light edit…some dot joining…
UNITED NATIONS, Apr 02, 2024 — Faced with a continued cash flow crisis as countries ration money for global collaboration …
…the United Nations in Geneva (UNOG) will partially close down – for the second time since December last year— as it scales back its operations, including building closures, official travel restrictions, and budgetary cuts on spending.
The UN is studying plans to close the Palais des Nations beginning 22 April. Only conferences would run, but some of the offices would shut.
— Read on www.globalissues.org/news/2024/04/02/36366
51 countries hold back money
In 2023, according to Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General UNOG, the UN faced its worst financial shortfall in years, with the lowest dues collection in five years and only 142 Member States (out of 193) paying in full.
Guardian:
2 year view:
https://carrzee.org/2024/03/30/carbon-credits-are-finally-jumping/
The bleeding dry of the UN comes as UN officials hold governments to account.
NYT:
An influential United Nations human rights body delivered a scathing assessment Thursday on the protection of civil rights in Britain, accusing the Conservative government of backsliding and urging the country to abandon its controversial legislation to send asylum seekers to Rwanda.
The criticisms from the U.N. Human Rights Committee came as it presented its conclusions from two days of meetings in Geneva this month with a delegation of 24 British officials to review the country’s compliance with an international treaty for the protection of civil and political rights.
“We are witnessing a really regressive trend and trajectory” in Britain, Hélène Tigroudja, a committee member, said at a news conference in Geneva. She said that the trend was occurring “in many, many sectors when dealing with civil and political rights, and I hope our message will be heard by the U.K.”