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US Initiates Withdrawal from TPP

January 25, 2017

In a blow to the multilateral trade agreement negotiated by the Obama Administration, US President Donald Trump has directed the US Trade Representative to withdraw the country as a signatory to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiated with 11 other governments.
WEF Signs Businesses to Sustainability Compact

January 25, 2017

At its recent meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released a document for signature by all participants called The Compact for Responsive and Responsible Leadership to commit business leaders to a "corporate governance framework" embedding the UN's sustainable development agenda in company operations.
OSCE Official Expresses Concern on UK Media Law

January 24, 2017

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has warned of threats to the freedom of expression involved in UK legislation requiring media sources that are not members of an official press regulator to cover the legal costs of plaintiffs in libel and privacy cases, even when the media defendant wins the case.
WEF Deepens Global Governance Cooperation with China

January 24, 2017

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s National Development and Reform Commission with the aim of increasing collaboration between WEF and China over the next 10 years, including on global economic governance, climate change initiatives, and China's regional "Belt and Road" infrastructure initiatives.
WEF Signs Plastics Companies to Action Plan

January 24, 2017

The World Economic Forum has highlighted how international and nongovernmental organizations seek to make binding policy changes out of business pledges by signing more than 40 leaders from plastic companies to a New Plastics Economy initiative setting out a "global action plan" on expanding recycling practices.
WEF Seeks Global Governance for "Inclusive" Growth

January 23, 2017

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has produced a report calling for new standards of measuring global economic performance, including by ranking economies on "carbon intensity," and proposing a "coordinated international initiative" on developing a socially "inclusive" framework of economic growth around the world.
WEF: 2017 Challenges Require "Reform" of Capitalism

January 19, 2017

The World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2017 Global Risks Report calls for "reforming market capitalism" to deal with such challenges from the agenda of global governance institutions as climate change, "intensifying national sentiment," and increasing income and wealth inequality.
CoE Group Calls for US Anti-Corruption Reforms

January 19, 2017

The Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption has published a report calling on the US government to "further enhance" its protections against corruption through measures including requiring more transparency in legislative lobbying and reconsidering the requirement to re-appoint certain federal judges.
UAE Prepares Fifth World Government Summit

January 19, 2017

Supported by partners in the UN, World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and other multilateral institutions, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has organized its fifth World Government Summit in Dubai with sessions including a Global Dialogue for Happiness and a Forum on Climate Change and Food Security.
OSCE Promotes "Environmental Education" Initiatives

January 16, 2017

Demonstrating how the organization has integrated the UN's "sustainable development" agenda in its comprehensive approach to security, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently held a workshop on "environmental education" in Armenia that included a discussion on "eco-education at the pre-school level."