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UNESCO Reports on Promotion of "Diversity" in Culture
January 08, 2018
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently launched a report on its monitoring of global compliance with the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, calling for greater diversion of development funding into programs that promote "cultural expression."
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UNESCO Seeks Advice on Measuring "Culture" in SDGs
January 08, 2018
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) convened a meeting of academics and other "high-level experts" in December to determine how to measure "culture" as a component of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UN Agencies Use Satellites to Monitor SDG Progress
January 08, 2018
The UN Office for Outer Space Affairs and the UN Development Programme have committed to a closer partnership on using space technology, including "satellite imagery and analysis," to advance the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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UN Agent Criticizes US on Economic Inequality
January 08, 2018
After an official visit to several US states, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Philip Alston warned that the US has failed people in poverty and asserted that new policies under the Trump Administration reforming the tax and welfare systems will "shred crucial dimensions of a safety net that is already full of holes."
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OHCHR Calls for End to Abortion Ban in El Salvador
January 08, 2018
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called on El Salvador to end its ban on abortion, calling the country's abortion laws "draconian" and arguing that their application to the decisions of expecting mothers to seek an abortion violates international human rights law.
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