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US Announces Withdrawal from UNESCO
October 12, 2017
Citing "mounting arrears," lack of reform, and anti-Israel bias at the organization, the US State Department has informed the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) that it will withdraw from the agency at the end of 2018 and become a non-member observer state.
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WHO Launches Body with Broad Health Mandate
October 11, 2017
As part of the agency's expanding focus in areas related to healthy lifestyles rather than contagious diseases, the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) has established a "high-level global commission on noncommunicable diseases" that will recommend worldwide policy approaches to long-term health and the reduction of injuries and violence.
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UN Agents Criticize EU Mediterranean Migrant Policy
October 11, 2017
Two UN human rights mandate holders recently issued a statement criticizing EU and national officials for violating the human rights of migrants by adopting a policy seeking to prevent privately operated boats from transporting migrants off the coast of Libya to Europe, pushing Europe to open new avenues to migration rather than "move its borders" to Libya.
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Paper Calls for World Body on Climate Engineering
October 11, 2017
The Centre for International Governance Innovation has published a paper calling for the establishment of a "world commission on climate engineering" to explore the implementation and management of the risks of carbon-removal and solar-geoengineering projects seeking to reverse the impacts of global warming.
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Oxfam: US Corporate Tax Legislation Threatens Rights
October 11, 2017
An article published by Oxfam America asserts that American businesses have an ethical responsibility to object to a US congressional tax reform proposal over concerns that its reduction of tax obligations on US businesses will affect the economic and social human rights of "millions" of people around the world.
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