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Stern Calls for US Break with UNRWA
January 23, 2017
Sol Stern of City Journal calls on the Trump Administration to defund the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), which he says serves as a platform through which anti-Israel organizations teach Palestinian refugees to praise acts of extremism and to expect an unrealistic "right of return" to Israel.
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NGOs Extract Sustainability Pledge from Korindo
January 23, 2017
Demonstrating the influence of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in pressuring companies to sign on to their "sustainability" agenda, the website Eco-Business reports that manufacturing company Korindo has responded to NGO accusations of irresponsible forestry practices in Indonesia by pledging to perform impact assessments before taking action on forested land.
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WEF: 2017 Challenges Require "Reform" of Capitalism
January 19, 2017
The World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2017 Global Risks Report calls for "reforming market capitalism" to deal with such challenges from the agenda of global governance institutions as climate change, "intensifying national sentiment," and increasing income and wealth inequality.
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Gennarini Outlines Potential Trump UN Reform
January 19, 2017
Stefano Gennarini of the nongovernmental organization C-FAM has published a five-point agenda on priorities for the Trump Administration at the UN, including rolling back "egregious" sexual and reproductive health policies - often interpreted to include abortion - and pushing back on the expanding jurisdiction of UN human rights treaty bodies.
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CoE Group Calls for US Anti-Corruption Reforms
January 19, 2017
The Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption has published a report calling on the US government to "further enhance" its protections against corruption through measures including requiring more transparency in legislative lobbying and reconsidering the requirement to re-appoint certain federal judges.
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