The new law is the old law, as I said before. Expanded infringement definitions and harsher penalties. It's pretty much all amendments to the existing DMCA. Which, is pretty much straight from the UN.
Just like your worldview.
I don't think the U.N. is involved in any way on this new law. They're pushing open source and "copyleft" now.
POLICIES OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM ORGANIZATIONS TOWARDS THE USE OF OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (OSS) FOR DEVELOPMENT
http://www.unsystem.org/jiu/data/reports/2005/en2005_7.pdf
UN Backs Open Source With New Agency
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3400071
UN recommends open source
http://osdir.com/Article8328.phtml
UN organizes open-source software day
http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/08/25/HNunorganizes_1.html
UN backs drive for free software
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3601710.stm