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Trump Rejects Global Governance, “Domination” in UN Speech
September 26, 2018
In his address this week to the UN General Assembly, US President Donald Trump outlined his Administration’s foreign policy preference for “independence and cooperation” over “global governance, control and domination,” and called for respect of each country’s right “to pursue its own customs, beliefs and traditions.”
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Paper Proposes Regionalism-Based Global Governance Model
September 19, 2018
The World Economic Forum has published an article by a Eurasian Development Bank official and a NGO leader calling for a new global governance model to be grounded in a G20-led mechanism coordinating the activities of regional development institutions to promote economic cooperation and resolve transnational crises.
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US Official Threatens ICC with Sanctions
September 11, 2018
US National Security Adviser John Bolton has threatened the International Criminal Court (ICC) with sanctions over the announced plans of its prosecutor to investigate alleged war crimes committed by US forces in Afghanistan and by Israeli forces against Palestinians as attacks on national sovereignty.
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US Ends Funding for UNRWA
September 05, 2018
The Washington Post reports that the US government has halted funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), established to fund institutions and programs supporting Palestinian refugees, to place pressure on other countries to fund UNRWA and reduce the number of people the agency recognizes as refugees.
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UN Official Pushes Europe-wide Approach to Migrant Treatment
September 05, 2018
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has called for the EU to develop “a collaborative and reliable European approach” toward the treatment of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean Sea who are attempting to reach the continent from Africa.
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