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Sudan and Vietnam Gain places on UN Human Rights Council
October 13, 2022
Two out of the five contested countries with a failing or abysmal human rights record have been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council giving Vietnam and Sudan places, while Venezuela, South Korea and Afghanistan lost in the secret ballot vote.
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G20 To Toughen Rules for Global Cryptocurrency Markets
October 10, 2022
According to the Financial Stability Board (FSB), a global financial standard-setter, will propose a plan at the G20 meeting to be held in Washington, D.C., that would subject most of the cryptocurrency market to the same rules that govern traditional finance.
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UN Watch: Authoritarian regimes Set to Win Top U.N. Human Rights Posts
October 05, 2022
UN Watch sounds the alarm on the upcoming UN election of 14 nations to its highest human rights body, calling, along with other a non-governmental human rights groups from Europe, the U.S. and Canada, on UN member states to oppose the election of Afghanistan, Algeria, Sudan, Venezuela and Vietnam who are either considered "not free" or "underqualified".
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Special Appointed Representative to Promote UN Agenda in U.S.
October 05, 2022
U.S. State Department appoints Special Representative for Subnational Diplomacy to promote UN economic, social, and cultural agenda in America’s cities
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U.S. Top Official Defeats Russia’s Candidate to Head UN Telecoms Agency
October 05, 2022
Top U.S. official, Doreen Bogdan-Martin, won a massive majority to lead International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations agency that sets global standards for telecoms and tech infrastructure over Russia’s Rashid Ismailov.