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UNICEF Group Criticizes Australian Asylum Policy
August 30, 2016
Citing reports of ill treatment of asylum seekers by Australian authorities on the island of Nauru, the UN Children's Fund ("UNICEF") Australia has called on the Australian Government to reform its immigration laws to provide for a "legitimate resettlement plan" that will permanently settle an increased number of asylum seekers in the country.
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UNEP, Norway Sign Cooperation Agreement
August 30, 2016
The UN Environment Programme has announced that it has signed a new agreement with the Government of Norway to cooperate on issues related to the UN's sustainable development and environmental agendas.
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Countries Target Climate Deal Ratification in 2016
August 29, 2016
Karl Mathiesen writes that a sufficient number of countries have agreed to ratify the UN climate deal, agreed in Paris late last year, to ensure that the deal enters into force by the end of 2016.
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Experts Warn of ICANN Unaccountability
August 29, 2016
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation and Paul Rosenzweig of Red Branch Consulting LLP call for the US to provide for a test period during which authorities can review the transition of oversight of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers from the US government to a global, multistakeholder group they say provides few checks upon ICANN leaders.
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Schaefer: US Should Freeze UN Funding in Gaza
August 29, 2016
Brett Schaefer of the Heritage Foundation writes that, as Israel moves forward with charges against a contractor of the UN Development Programme for diverting aid funding to terrorist organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the US should deny further funding of UN efforts in the region until the organization shows no funds are going to Hamas.
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