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UN Agent Warns of "Systemic" Rights Violations by Israel
August 07, 2017
Following his visit to Jordan, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of Palestinians Michael Lynk warned of "systemic human rights violations" by Israel and asserted that there is "no end in sight" for the "occupation" by Israel of Palestinian territories.
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WIPO Fails to Report North Korean Patent Process
August 07, 2017
George Russell reports that experts on the situation in North Korea have grown increasingly troubled by the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) failure to report its facilitation of the rogue state's patent application for a chemical used in producing nerve gas to the UN Security Council's committee charged with coordinating sanctions against the country.
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UN Forum Finds Need for Expanded SDG Finance
August 07, 2017
At the 2017 Forum on financing for development follow-up in May, UN and other officials evaluated the progress of countries in funding the fulfillment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UN's Paris climate agreement, relying on a recent UN report finding the need for bolstering development finance to achieve the SDGs by the target year 2030.
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Japan Objects to UN Agent's Warning on Terror Legislation
August 07, 2017
Reuters reports that the Japanese government has objected to a letter from UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy Joseph Cannataci warning that officials could use anti-terrorism legislation under consideration in the Japanese Parliament to restrict privacy and speech rights, asserting that the letter was "clearly inappropriate."
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ITU Chief Calls for "Big Data" Monitoring to Achieve SDGs
August 07, 2017
The Secretary-General of the UN's International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Houlin Zhao has pushed for the UN system to use "big data," ranging from satellite images to mobile phone data, to permit "evidence-based decision-making at national, regional and international levels" to support the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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