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Latin American Countries Criticize IACHR Overreach
May 30, 2019
In April, five governments of Latin American countries presented a declaration to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) warning that the Commission and related bodies are intruding on national sovereignty to implement their evolving conception of the global human rights agenda in the Americas.
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UN Launches Youth Alliance to Further Environmental Agenda
May 30, 2019
The UN Environment Programme has launched a Youth and Education Alliance (YEA!) that includes an initiative “to integrate environmental education into university curricula around the world” and to work with “youth movements” to inculcate environmentally friendly values in children.
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Luxembourg Supports UN Network on SDG Finance
May 30, 2019
The Government of Luxembourg has agreed with the UN Environment Programme to fund an International Network of Financial Centres for Sustainability that seeks to funnel investments into projects aimed at achieving the comprehensive UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Corporations Participate in NGO Labor Reporting Initiative
May 30, 2019
The nongovernmental organization ShareAction, through its Workforce Disclosure Initiative, has analyzed data reported from 90 companies on their labor forces and supply chains in a push for investors to consider social impacts when deciding where to place their money.
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Governments Commit to Contribute Further to UN Climate Action
May 29, 2019
According to the UN Secretary-General’s envoy on climate change Luis Alfonso de Alba, 80 countries currently signed up to the UN’s Paris climate accord have agreed to ramp up their pledges to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions to fulfill the goals of the UN’s agenda on global warming.