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OHCHR Develops Measurement Tools for Human Rights SDGs
October 18, 2017
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) held a consultation meeting with selected statistical institutes and human rights organizations to formulate ways to measure progress toward human rights targets under the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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NGO Calls for International Drone Standards
October 18, 2017
The nongovernmental organization Amnesty International has called for the establishment of robust international standards for regulating the use of “armed or strike-enabled” drones with “strong implementation and verification mechanisms.”
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OSCE Trains Teachers on Gender Mainstreaming
October 17, 2017
As part of the regional security organization's promotion of "gender mainstreaming" in areas such as education, journalism, and lawmaking, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) recently hosted a seminar in Moldova training teachers from vocational schools how to implement "gender-sensitive teaching techniques" to further women's rights.
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UN, World Bank Push SDG-based Peace Initiative
October 17, 2017
The UN and the World Bank Group are collaborating on a Humanitarian-Development-Peace Initiative seeking to use the UN's comprehensive social and environmental targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to address conflicts in fragile countries such as Somalia and Yemen.
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World Bank, ESA Use Satellites to Review SDG Progress
October 17, 2017
The World Bank Group is partnering with the European Space Agency (ESA) to use satellites to monitor countries' progress on a broad array of targets contained in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as part of the ESA's Earth Observation for Sustainable Development initiative.
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