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NGO Leader Calls for Global Governance to Achieve SDGs
April 19, 2017
Director general of the Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa Belay Begashaw has argued for increased global governance in the form of international peer-pressure and resource coordination to ensure that less-capable national governments do not fail to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UN Report Urges Increased Funding to Reach SDGs for Water
April 19, 2017
A new UN report has called on countries to “‘radically’ increase investments in water and sanitation infrastructure” in order to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include “universal access to safely managed water and sanitation services by 2030.”
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Think Tank Calls for G20 Ban on Financial Data Manipulation
April 12, 2017
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has called on the Group of 20 (G20) forum to adopt an agreement prohibiting financial data manipulation by governments and holding states responsible for addressing such activity “passing through or emanating from its territory or perpetrated by its citizens.”
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UN Secretary General Calls for Increased UNRWA Funding
April 12, 2017
UN Secretary General António Guterres has issued a “landmark report” calling on all member states to increase funding for the controversial UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) due to the integral role he believes it plays in regional peace.
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UN Principals Push for “Collective Outcomes” for Development
April 12, 2017
The UN Secretary-General and nine UN Principals have signed a “Commitment to Action” with the aim of harmonizing national and local development and humanitarian projects around the world under loosely-defined “collective outcomes” in line with the Sustainable Development Goals.
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