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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Blog)
The League Urges Trump Administration to Acknowledge the Impact of Climate Change (Press Release)
League Disapointed by U.S. Decision to Withdraw from UN Human Rights Council (Legal Document)

LWVUS sent a memo to Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley regarding the Administration's decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council.

League Representatives Attend UN's COP23 (Blog)

Ten representatives from the League of Women Voters were among the 25,000 attendees from 197 countries to attend the UN's climate conference, COP23, this November in Bonn, Germany.

League Calls on President Trump to Commit to Protecting Civil Rights (Legal Document)

The League joined the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights on a letter to President Trump expressing concern that the civil and human rights of all Americans are being drastically undermine

155 Countries to Sign Paris Agreement on Earth Day (Blog)

On Earth day, world leaders will gather at the United Nations to sign the agreement put together during the UN Climate Conference in Paris. The historic agreement signaled the commitment to fight climate change by a global coalition.

Climate Agreement in Paris Puts People Before Polluters (Blog)

World leaders in Paris put people before polluters when the world’s countries agreed to reduce carbon pollution. The Paris agreement is an historic moment in the fight against climate change.

League Delegates Attend the Commission on the Status of Women (Blog)

Over the course of a week, more than 9,000 delegates, including LWV representatives, joined with delegates from UN member states for the 59th annual Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59).

Marking the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act at the US Mission to the United Nations (Blog)

This week, the Mission of the United States to the United Nations commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

The Commission on the Status of Women, the United Nations and the League (Blog)

League members recently attended the United Nation's 58th Commission on the Status of Women. Following World War II, the League of Women Voters helped lead the effort to establish the United Nations.