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OSCE Calls for Election Reforms in Canada
February 11, 2016
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") has called for numerous reforms to the Canadian electoral system following its parliamentary elections in 2015, including by strengthening "the equality of the vote between constituencies" and by putting in place a "legal basis" for international observation of the country's elections.
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UN Panel Proposes Limits on Airplane Emissions
February 10, 2016
The UN's International Civil Aviation Organization has followed up the Paris climate deal agreed in December by proposing for adoption by a civil aviation council of 36 countries the world's first-ever standards for the reduction of carbon-dioxide emissions from airplanes.
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Groves: US Congress Should Resist Paris Climate Deal
February 10, 2016
In testimony to a committee of the US House of Representatives, Steven Groves of the Heritage Foundation argued that because the Obama Administration ignored its obligation to submit the recent Paris climate deal to the US Senate for ratification as a treaty, Congress should withhold funding from actions carrying out the deal and from the UN agency that helped negotiate it.
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UN Committee Questions Australia Ruling on Refugee Children
February 10, 2016
The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has voiced concern regarding a ruling by the Australian High Court that the Government's detention of asylum seekers at offshore facilities is legal, questioning whether the decision complies with Australia's treaty obligations to prioritize "the best interests of the child" in any decision regarding children.
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UN Staff Seeks Deal to Loosen Aid Funding
February 10, 2016
C-FAM reports that UN staff is seeking a deal to break down Western safeguards on funding that might be used for terrorism, which they view as obstacles to humanitarian aid funding, in exchange for "greater transparency and accountability" regarding the use of this funding.
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