Lina Caneva, Wednesday, 23rd March 2016 - The world’s largest corporate sustainability initiative, the United Nations Global Compact has issued a call for employers everywhere to take up an Australian inspired pledge …
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 10th February 2016 -
A group of Australia’s leading NGOs has claimed the country is lagging behind the global movement to prevent and address corporate human rights abuses, in a letter to the government.…
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 15th December 2015 -
Australia is the second best country in the world for human development, according to a report by the United Nations.
The latest Human Development Report by the United Nations Development…
Lina Caneva, Tuesday, 10th November 2015 -
Australia's asylum seeker policies and the treatment of people with disability have been heavily criticised in a review by the United Nation’s human rights body in Geneva…
Ellie Cooper, Thursday, 10th September 2015 -
As Australia continues to debate the response to the refugee crisis in Syria and the Middle East, a Not for Profit survey has found that the treatment of refugees is likely to influence…
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 10th March 2015 -
The Abbott Government has been urged to accept the legitimacy of a United Nations report which found that Australia has violated the Convention Against Torture.
The United Nations…
Xavier Smerdon, Tuesday, 20th January 2015 -
The Australian man behind one of the biggest charity campaigns ever has called on Not for Profits to start making better connections with advertising and marketing agencies.
David…
Xavier Smerdon, Thursday, 13th November 2014 -
The deaths of Indigenous people in custody in Australia has worsened, Not for Profit representatives, including disability advocates, have told the United Nation’s Committee…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th November 2013 -
The Coalition Government will provide a further $20 million to respond to Typhoon Haiyan, bringing total Australian assistance to more than $30 million – the additional funds…
Staff Reporter, Thursday, 10th October 2013 -
Australia has received an ‘F’ in a UN report card over the country’s treatment of refugees.
The report launched by the United Nations Association of Australia…
Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 9th July 2013 -
The United Nations is on track for meeting its 2015 goals, but progress in many areas is still insufficient, according to the Millennium Development Goals Report.
United Nations…
Staff Reporter, Wednesday, 20th February 2013 -
Melbourne’s Monash university has been named as one of two education institutions to become ‘sustainable development hubs’ by the United Nations.
The University…