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Red Cross Urges Adoption of Nuclear Ban Treaty
September 21, 2017
The International Committee of the Red Cross President Peter Maurer urged diplomats at the UN General Assembly to support and carry out the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons as a way to “delegitimize” nuclear weapons and deter proliferation.
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NGO Criticizes Refugee Resettlement Efforts
September 21, 2017
The nongovernmental organization Amnesty International has criticized the UN and Western governments for failing to take sufficient action to resettle refugees displaced by the ongoing crisis in Myanmar, despite the pledges made by many governments at an international summit on refugees in 2016.
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Observer: UN Promotes Biased Rights Agenda
September 21, 2017
Rebecca Oas of the Center for Family and Human Rights has argued that a small group of wealthy countries within the UN system has worked to "redefine" the universal human rights agenda by promoting an understanding of human rights that includes those related to abortion, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
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NGO Criticizes "Rogues' Gallery" Panel at UNHRC
September 21, 2017
The nongovernmental organization UN Watch has criticized the UN Human Rights Council for hosting a recent panel on which contributors criticized Western sanctions imposed on authoritarian regimes.
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UN Pushes for Global Collection of Education Data
September 21, 2017
As part of UN efforts to ramp up the collection of data for use by global institutions to measure the progress of the "sustainable development" agenda, UNESCO's Institute for Statistics recently hosted a meeting of representatives from "regional and international learning assessments" who pledged to use cross-border tools for assessing education outcomes at the global level.
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