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Rhodes: China Pushes Cynical Rights Agenda at UN
January 25, 2017
Following a speech by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the World Economic Forum pushing for greater multilateral efforts toward global governance, Aaron Rhodes of the Forum for Religious Freedom Europe explains how China's leaders have used UN agencies and human rights bodies to advance a perverted human rights model rejecting universal civil and political freedoms.
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UN Agent Seeks Worldwide "Whistleblower" Pardon
January 25, 2017
Applauding the Obama Administration's commutation of the sentence of Chelsea Manning, convicted in the US for leaking classified information, UN Independent Expert Alfred de Zayas has called on governments around the world to pardon and halt prosecutions of "whistleblowers" who leak sensitive national security and other information "in good faith."
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US Delivers $500 Million to UN Climate Fund
January 25, 2017
The Washington Post reports that, three days prior to President Donald Trump's inauguration last week, the Obama Administration delivered $500 million of its $3 billion commitment to the UN Green Climate Fund, which finances projects in poor countries aimed at reducing the impacts of global warming.
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WEF Signs Businesses to Sustainability Compact
January 25, 2017
At its recent meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum (WEF) released a document for signature by all participants called The Compact for Responsive and Responsible Leadership to commit business leaders to a "corporate governance framework" embedding the UN's sustainable development agenda in company operations.
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NGOs Criticize Corporate Charter on Mexican Produce
January 25, 2017
The Los Angeles Times reports that labor and consumer groups are criticizing an "Ethical Charter" released by North American companies in the food industry pledging to adhere to the law and to "international expectations" in obtaining produce from Mexican farms for failing to include an enforcement mechanism, including "audits by trained inspectors," in its provisions.
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