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World Bank Loan to Turkey Focuses on "Sustainability"
January 13, 2017
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved a loan of $132.7 million to Turkey to fund a "Sustainable Cities Project," which seeks to advance the "economic, financial, environmental, and social sustainability of Turkish cities."
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Abrams: White House Abandons Israel at UN
January 13, 2017
Elliott Abrams of the Council on Foreign Relations writes that the Obama Administration discontinued the longstanding US defense of Israel in the UN Security Council by failing to veto a resolution that bypasses direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and ignores how Israeli concessions on West Bank settlements have not advanced the peace process.
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UN Fails to Delve into Peacekeepers' Pasts
January 13, 2017
The Washington Post reports that, amid recent revelations of sexual violence committed by UN peacekeepers in Africa, the UN has found that delegating background checks on its forces in the Central African Republic to repressive regimes on the continent has led to the inclusion of officers with violent pasts in the ranks of UN peacekeepers.
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New UN Chief Commits to SDG Agenda
January 11, 2017
In a recent article, the new Secretary-General of the UN Antonio Guterres commits to prioritizing the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, a comprehensive program of global social and environmental targets for the year 2030.
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UN Establishes Panel on Syrian War Crimes
January 05, 2017
The UN General Assembly has voted to establish an "International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism" to gather evidence on war crimes committed in the Syrian Civil War for later referral to national and international tribunals for prosecution of alleged offenders.
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