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OSCE Official Expresses Concern on UK Media Law
January 24, 2017
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović has warned of threats to the freedom of expression involved in UK legislation requiring media sources that are not members of an official press regulator to cover the legal costs of plaintiffs in libel and privacy cases, even when the media defendant wins the case.
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WEF Deepens Global Governance Cooperation with China
January 24, 2017
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has signed a memorandum of understanding with China’s National Development and Reform Commission with the aim of increasing collaboration between WEF and China over the next 10 years, including on global economic governance, climate change initiatives, and China's regional "Belt and Road" infrastructure initiatives.
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WEF Seeks Global Governance for "Inclusive" Growth
January 23, 2017
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has produced a report calling for new standards of measuring global economic performance, including by ranking economies on "carbon intensity," and proposing a "coordinated international initiative" on developing a socially "inclusive" framework of economic growth around the world.
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NGO Spotlights Roles of Repressive Regimes at UN
January 23, 2017
The nongovernmental organization UN Watch has published a 2017 update highlighting major human rights and other positions at the UN held by governments widely considered by experts to be human rights abusers, including Iran, China, Syria, Sudan, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela.
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Op-ed Outlines UN's Plans for Israel, Palestine
January 23, 2017
An opinion piece by Uri Savir on news website Al-Monitor outlines the views of a UN source on how the organization's new Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will propose to develop a diplomatic plan for a two-state Israel-Palestine solution with or without the support of Israel and labels Israel's moves to withdraw from such efforts "fundamentally mistaken."
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