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ILO Calls for Inclusion of Global Standards in EU Social Policy
January 25, 2017
At a conference in Brussels, the Director-General of the UN's International Labour Organization (ILO) Guy Ryder praised the EU's development of a European Pillar of Social Rights and called for developers of the Pillar to use as a "reference point" the ILO's global labor standards.
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Countries Call on OECD to Monitor Health Systems
January 25, 2017
At a recent meeting in Paris, government health ministers from countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) called on the OECD to create new methods for monitoring the performance of their health systems, in order to pave the way for the international organization to recommend reforms to their national health policies.
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US Initiates Withdrawal from TPP
January 25, 2017
In a blow to the multilateral trade agreement negotiated by the Obama Administration, US President Donald Trump has directed the US Trade Representative to withdraw the country as a signatory to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement negotiated with 11 other governments.
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Article Calls for G20 Push for Global Trade Governance
January 25, 2017
Rohinton Medhora of the Centre for International Governance Innovation has published an article calling for countries at the July 2017 summit of the G20 group of countries in Hamburg, Germany, to begin exploring what multilateral system might succeed the World Trade Organization as the primary driver of the global governance of trade.
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UN Official Seeks Action on Refugee "Connectivity"
January 25, 2017
Identifying access to the internet and mobile phone networks for refugees as a "lifeline," UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has published a piece calling on governments to expand refugee access to connective devices, inexpensive phone and computer contracts, and "training in digital literacy."
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