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UN Supports "Global Citizenship" to Stop Climate Change
June 14, 2016
At a roundtable discussion during a recent United Nations/Non-Governmental Organizations Conference in South Korea, speakers called for the advancement of the UN's Global Citizenship Education agenda to "cultivate empathy" toward the world in an effort to halt the effects of climate change.
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UN Seeks More Funds for Poor Countries
June 14, 2016
At a recent meeting in Antalya, Turkey, UN officials called for greater redistribution of funds to support the world's "least developed countries" under the Istanbul Programme of Action, which seeks to advance the UN's "sustainable development" agenda among poor countries.
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UN Develops Standards for "Smart Sustainable Cities"
June 13, 2016
The UN's International Telecommunications Union and Economic Commission for Europe have launched an initiative that will promote global standards on the integration of information and communication technologies into urban operations in order to advance the UN's sustainability agenda in cities.
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UN Assembly Adopts Wide-ranging Health Resolutions
June 13, 2016
At the recent World Health Assembly, governments adopted resolutions aimed at implementing a Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health by the year 2030 and advancing a "comprehensive" UN global framework to ensure national commitments to "healthy ageing" and human rights of the older population.
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UN Official Pushes Climate Action at Health Assembly
June 13, 2016
Demonstrating the UN's comprehensive push for economically transformative global action on climate change, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres called at the recent UN World Health Assembly for concerted government action to combat global warming in order to stem the phenomenon's health effects.
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