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UNESCO Advances "Sustainability" Education in Japan
August 25, 2017
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced the establishment of the Japanese Society of Education for Sustainable Development to help promote UNESCO's global agenda on including teaching on the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals in school curricula throughout Japan.
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UN Agency Partners with Newspapers on SDG Promotion
August 25, 2017
The UN Development Programme recently announced a partnership with 50 newspapers around the world to promote the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by publishing stories on efforts by "ordinary people" to fulfill the UN's comprehensive social and environmental targets by the year 2030.
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OSCE Promotes "Gender Mainstreaming" in Kazakhstan
August 25, 2017
At a seminar in Kazakhstan in June, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) trained legislators and government officials on how to implement international standards on "gender mainstreaming," including by producing "gender-responsive budgets" and "running gender-sensitive election campaigns."
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UN Agent Criticizes EU, Italian Migrant Policy
August 24, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard has called on the Italian government and the EU to fulfill international human rights obligations to rescue migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean Sea and prevent their return to "appalling" conditions in Africa.
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UN Agent Criticizes Venezuela Sanctions
August 24, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur Idriss Jazairy has criticized the use of unilateral economic sanctions against the country of Venezuela during its political crisis, saying that such measures violate the "economic, social, and cultural rights" of Venezuelans and require the approval of the UN Security Council.
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