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UNSC Demands Climate Action from Peacekeepers
January 09, 2018
In the midst of myriad global security threats and a sex-abuse scandal engulfing the UN peacekeeping system, the UN Security Council (UNSC) has announced in a press statement that UN peacekeeping forces "will continue to consider ways" to reduce their carbon footprint to comply with the UN's Paris climate accord of 2015.
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UNESCO Course Promotes "Gender-Sensitive" Teaching
January 09, 2018
The UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning has published highlights from its online course on implementing and measuring "gender equality" programs in national education systems around the world and promoting "gender-sensitive" teaching in schools.
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World Bank Touts "Social Protection" Program in Philippines
January 09, 2018
In a recent press release, the World Bank holds up its work on the development of a comprehensive "social protection" reform scheme in the Philippines, including a "conditional cash transfer" initiative targeting poor households, as a model for national redistribution schemes in countries around the world.
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Israel Joins US in Withdrawal from UNESCO
January 09, 2018
Noa Landau reports that Israel has announced its decision to join the US in withdrawing from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), asserting that many of the international organization's decisions were "polluting its noble basic values with politicization and diplomatic terror that sometimes bordered on anti-Semitism."
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UN Agent Blames Venezuelans' Suffering on Foreign Sanctions
January 09, 2018
UN Independent Expert Alfred de Zayas has praised the government of Venezuela for releasing some of its political prisoners and called on "all men and women of goodwill" to help relieve problems in the country "resulting in part from sanctions and boycotts against Venezuela that have only aggravated the suffering being endured by Venezuelans of all social classes."