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ILO Signs Governments to "Social Justice" Pledge
January 04, 2017
At a recent meeting hosted by the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) in Bali, Indonesia, governments officials, workers, and employer organizations from Asia and the Pacific pledged to implement global labor standards to advance the ILO's agenda of "inclusive growth, social justice and decent work."
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UN Agents: Detaining Child Migrants Violates Rights
January 03, 2017
A group of UN human rights mandate holders has asserted that any detention of migrant children and families is a "clear child rights violation" and has called on governments to commit resources to ensuring the placement of migrant children in a "national alternative care system" with access to an attorney and an education system.
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UNGA Seeks Funding for Haiti Cholera Response
January 03, 2017
The UN General Assembly has called on UN member states to cover the $400 million cost of the international organization's plan to provide relief to the victims of a cholera epidemic in Haiti that began in 2010 as a result of the contamination of the country's water supply by UN peacekeeping forces.
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Economist: OECD Ignores Singapore Model in Tax Push
January 03, 2017
Dan Mitchell of the Cato Institute writes that a recent report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) fails to reconcile its claim that developing Asian countries must drive up their ratio of taxes versus economic output with its recognition that Singapore has a highly successful economy with exceptionally low taxes.
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UN Advances SDG Education in Mediterranean Region
January 03, 2017
Fourteen national governments and five international organizations, including the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), have agreed to a Mediterranean Action Plan for Education for Sustainable Development, which seeks to integrate education on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in schools throughout the Mediterranean region.
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