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UN Agency Issues Call to "Formalize" Domestic Labor
December 19, 2016
The UN's International Labour Organization has published a report pushing governments to "formalize" domestic labor to ease its regulation through such measures as developing standard contracts, "professionalizing" the sector with training and certification procedures, and ensuring the access of domestic workers to social benefits.
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UNESCO Seeks Comments on Climate Ethics Report
December 19, 2016
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is calling for governments to comment on a draft document developed at an "experts" meeting in Rabat, Morocco, containing a "non-binding declaration on ethical principles in relation to climate change" for use in the UN's continuing efforts to implement its agenda on global warming.
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UNESCO Releases Global Encryption Guidelines
December 19, 2016
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has commissioned a report containing recommendations for governments and other stakeholders on "best practices" in their implementation of the global human rights agenda in online encryption policies.
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Germany Prioritizes Climate, SDGs in G20 Agenda
December 19, 2016
The website Climate Home reports that German Chancellor Angela Merkel has submitted an agenda for a July 2017 Group of 20 (G20) summit in Hamburg, Germany, signaling that she intends to focus on fulfilling the UN's Paris climate deal and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) while her country holds the rotating G20 presidency.
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UN Agent Warns Croatia on Health, Abortion Rights
December 16, 2016
The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Dainius Pūras, has warned the Croatian government not to "slide back" on its protection of the universal "right to health" in the country and criticized "retrogressive measures preventing access to safe abortion."