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Mediterranean Countries Agree to Climate Action
July 26, 2016
The EU Committee of the Regions has released an article describing its support of the recent Tangier Declaration, an agreement on a regional approach to countering global warming in the Mediterranean region adopted in the run-up to the November 2016 COP22 global climate meeting in Marrakech.
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UNCTAD Framework Focuses on SDGs
July 25, 2016
The outcome document from a recent worldwide summit hosted by the UN Conference on Trade and Development is "largely focused" on how UNCTAD will work to achieve the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals over the course of the coming four years.
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Commentator: Australia Stifles Global Rights Agenda
July 25, 2016
Lawyer and commentator Richard Ackland writes that the government of Australia "defiantly holds back the tide of the global rights movement" by refusing to give judges the authority to strike down or block legislation they believe contravenes human rights law.
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UN Chief Presents Report on SDG Progress
July 22, 2016
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has released his first annual report on global progress toward implementing the UN's comprehensive Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030 and has noted that 22 countries have agreed to present "voluntary national reviews" of their SDG progress at this year's UN High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.
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UNHCR Criticizes Migration Restrictions in Hungary
July 22, 2016
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees has expressed concern that Hungarian regulations restricting the entry of migrants, including refugees, into the country violate international law and has criticized officials for pushing back migrants from the border into Serbia.
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