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UN Official Stresses Need for Global Refugee Compact
December 14, 2017
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi pushed for a new global compact on refugees in response to the 2016 New York Declaration, stressing the need for member states to adopt the UN’s Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework rather than resort to “closed borders” and “restricted access.”
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World Bank Aligns Policies with Paris Climate Deal
December 13, 2017
At this week's One Planet Summit in Paris, the World Bank Group announced a comprehensive plan to align its operations with the agenda of the UN's Paris climate deal, including by severely restricting its funding to fossil fuel projects and funneling "climate-smart" finance to projects aimed at combating global warming.
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UN Observer: Legal Processes Must End Palestinian "Occupation"
December 08, 2017
In an October speech, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Michael Lynk called for world leaders to help end the "longest-lasting military occupation in the modern world" by pushing for international legal processes end Israel's "illegal" presence in Palestinian territories.
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UN Agent: "Fundamentalism" Threatens Women's Rights
December 08, 2017
UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights Karima Bennoune has warned that a "multidirectional global avalanche of misogyny" based in religious "fundamentalism and extremism" are a global threat to women's cultural rights and autonomy.
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UN Agent: End of Catalan Autonomy Violates Rights
December 08, 2017
UN Independent Expert on the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order Alfred de Zayas writes that he "deplores" the recent decision of the Spanish Government to end autonomous rule in Catalonia, as it is a violation of international human rights law, and calls for Spanish authorities to authorize a new referendum on Catalan independence.
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