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UNDP, NGO Agree to Push SDG Governance Reforms
March 07, 2019
The UN Development Programme and the Open Government Partnership have signed an agreement to provide “programmatic support and technical assistance” to institutions and nongovernmental organizations aimed at pushing countries toward transparent governance to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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World Bank Funds Climate Project in Bangladesh
March 07, 2019
Highlighting the global development institution’s expanding focus on fulfilling the UN’s agenda on combating climate change, the World Bank recently approved $185 million for a renewable energy generation project in Bangladesh that will help the country cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
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UN Agent: Confinement Based on Disabilities Violates Rights
March 07, 2019
UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities Catalina Devandas has referred to the confinement of people on the basis of a disability, including the institutionalization of children with disabilities by their parents, as a “massive human rights violation.”
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UN Observers Call for Accountability for Israeli “War Crimes”
March 07, 2019
Responding to the findings of a UN Commission of Inquiry on the treatment of Palestinian demonstrators at the Israeli border in 2018, the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the rights of Palestinians Michael Lynk echoed the body’s calls for international legal accountability of Israeli forces for alleged “war crimes.”
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UN Agent Promotes “Impact Assessments” of Economic Reforms
March 07, 2019
UN Independent Expert on foreign debt and human rights Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky is using his reports on Ukraine and Sri Lanka, demanding a “balance” between economic development and human rights, to promote his Guiding Principles on Human Rights Impact Assessments of Economic Reforms at the UN Human Rights Council.
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