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UN Rights Observers Criticize Argentina’s “Failure” on Abortion Bill
August 15, 2018
UN human rights observers have criticized the Argentinian Senate for failing to comply with the global “sexual and reproductive rights” agenda by declining to loosen the country’s restrictions on abortion, linking the decision to “dangerous rhetoric that there is a symmetrical balance between the legal rights of a pregnant woman and fetal interests.”
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Paper Predicts China’s Rise in Global Governance of Finance
August 15, 2018
Hongying Wang of the Centre for International Governance Innovation writes that China is on track to become a leader in the global governance of the financial industry, particularly through larger roles in international financial standard-setting bodies.
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NGO Group: Reinsurer’s Coal Policy “Lacks Consequence”
August 15, 2018
A global coalition of nongovernmental organizations called Unfriend Coal touts the influence of its pressure campaign on the announcement by Munich Re, the world’s second largest reinsurer, that it will stop insuring new coal-fired power plants and mines in rich countries but claims the move ultimately “lacks consequence” in the fight against climate change.
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UN Statement Casts Blame on Israel over Children’s Rights
August 08, 2018
A statement from high-ranking UN officials warns that Israel is contributing to a situation in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory” where children are “robbed of every right” - including rights to electricity, clean drinking water, and education - and accuses “all sides” in the conflict of using children in propaganda and political rhetoric.
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UNESCO Aims for “Sustainability” Education in West Africa
August 08, 2018
Delegates from West Africa to a conference supported by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) worked to develop a strategy toward teaching students in the Sahel region to become responsible global citizens by learning about the comprehensive social and environmental goals of the UN’s “sustainable development” agenda.
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