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UNESCO Encourages "Sexuality Education" Commitments
June 06, 2016
A representative from the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization recently spoke at a conference in Copenhagen on the importance of governments fulfilling their commitments to including "comprehensive sexuality education" in their schools' curricula.
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UN Official Lauds "Social Justice" of SDGs, Climate Deal
June 06, 2016
In remarks at a conference in Bulgaria, Director-General of the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Irina Bokova asserted that the key aims of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris climate deal are to advance human rights and serve as drivers of "social inclusion and justice."
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France Plans Carbon Tax Rules in Wake of UN Deal
June 06, 2016
The Guardian reports that, in an effort to fulfill its obligations under a UN deal agreed in Paris last year, the French Government is planning to include a minimum tax of €30 per ton of carbon emissions in its finance bill for 2017.
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World Bank Pushes Principles for "Dialogue" on Climate
June 03, 2016
The World Bank Group and other international organizations have introduced a set of six "Principles for Dialogue on Climate Action" aimed at furthering proposals on climate change at the global, national, and local level to fulfill the UN climate deal agreed in Paris.
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NGOs Express Concern on International Cooperation
June 03, 2016
The Council on Foreign Relations' initiative of 26 global nongovernmental organizations called the Council of Councils has found certain efforts at intergovernmental cooperation across the global to be lacking, particularly in the areas of terrorism and preventing conflicts within countries.
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