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UN Leader Amplifies Call for Rights in Development
July 20, 2016
At a UN General Assembly debate on "human rights at the centre of the global agenda," UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon reiterated calls from UN officials and activists for governments to promote "individual and collective human rights," including controversial economic and social rights, as part of their efforts to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
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UN Official Lauds Global Fishing Rules
July 20, 2016
At a recent event, UN Food and Agriculture Organization Director-General José Graziano da Silva applauded the recent entry into force of a global agreement to eliminate "illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing" and called for future international collaboration to impose regulations on all fishing practices.
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Tribunal Ruling May Spur Aggressive Chinese Response
July 20, 2016
The New York Times reports that experts on China are predicting an aggressive reaction by the country's government to the unenforceable decision of an international tribunal determining Chinese claims to certain areas of the South China Sea, and its construction of artificial islands in these areas, have no basis under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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UNESCO Networks Ramp up "Sustainability" Education
July 19, 2016
UNESCO's Partner Networks of the Global Action Programme on Education for Sustainable Development recently met to discuss plans to "ramp up" efforts to include the UN's sustainability and climate change agendas in school curricula around the world.
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OSCE Official Criticizes German Surveillance Legislation
July 19, 2016
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, has called on Germany's Federal Parliament, the Bundestag, to revise legislation that would expand the authority of the German Foreign Intelligence Agency to perform surveillance on foreign journalists.
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