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UN Group Elects Saudi Arabia to Women's Rights Body
July 24, 2017
In comments to Deutsche Welle, Hillel Neuer of the nongovernmental organization UN Watch blasted the decision of the UN Economic and Social Council to elect Saudi Arabia, known for its broad array of laws and policies that discriminate against women, to a UN commission responsible for monitoring women's rights.
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UN Uses "War" on Plastic to Push for Global Ocean Pledge
July 24, 2017
In a feature on the UN's ongoing "war on ocean plastic," UN officials describe how their pressure on national governments to reduce the production of plastics and plastic pollution will culminate in what they hope will become "a global declaration that will set the course toward a more sustainable future for the world’s oceans and seas."
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IOI Bends to NGO "Due Diligence" Pressure
July 24, 2017
Activist organization Greenpeace demonstrates the power of nongovernmental organizations to force the hand of companies to perform "due diligence" of their environmental and human rights impacts by touting its influence on palm oil trader the IOI Group's decision to investigate such impacts and advising IOI supply chain partners to monitor the company's progress.
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Academic Report Examines "Climate Refugees" Issue
July 21, 2017
The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University has assembled a report that examines current and future conflicts over, among other issues, the international legal status of migrants who resettle across borders to escape the purported effects of climate change.
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UN, AU Commit to SDG Collaboration
July 21, 2017
A recently agreed framework established by the UN and the African Union (AU) commits both organizations to the fulfillment on the African continent of the UN's comprehensive social and environmental objectives contained in its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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