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WHO Calculates Health Benefits of Climate Action
December 17, 2018
The UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a press release concluding that the up-front costs of global “climate action” as set out in the UN’s Paris climate accord is only half the value of the health gains the WHO predicts as a result of these policies, claiming that the Paris deal is “potentially the strongest health agreement of this century.”
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UNESCO Body Adopts SDG Agenda Items for Teachers
December 17, 2018
As part of the UN campaign to achieve its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a task force of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently adopted a declaration calling for new standards on teacher qualifications and pushing for more public funding for teachers, through “socially just fiscal policies.”
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UNESCO Launches Sexuality Education Campaign
December 17, 2018
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched a global campaign promoting comprehensive sexuality education as a vehicle for educators to teach young people about “puberty, love, sex and relationships” and how “to make healthier life decisions.”
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WTO, UN Chiefs Discuss Contributions to SDGs
December 17, 2018
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevêdo and UN Secretary-General António Guterres recently met at UN headquarters to discuss, among other items, how the WTO can contribute through trade policy to the achievement of the comprehensive social and environmental targets in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Article: UN Migration Pact Violates National Sovereignty
December 14, 2018
Hans von Spakovsky and Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation assert that the Trump Administration is justified in refusing to support the recently signed UN Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration because it would purport to limit the government’s constitutional authority to control immigration policy.