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UN Official Warns EU on Impending Tobacco Reforms
December 30, 2015
POLITICO reports that the head of the UN World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control secretariat Vera Da Costa e Silva has posted a letter to EU officials warning them that working too closely with representatives of tobacco companies in developing anti-cigarette smuggling rules would violate the bloc's international commitments.
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US Member of Congress: Disband or Reform UNHRC
December 30, 2015
US Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen has called for President Barack Obama to call for either a fundamental reform or the disbandment of the UN Human Rights Council ("UNHRC"), which she asserts makes no meaningful contribution to the protection of fundamental human rights and instead merely singles out Israel for alleged rights abuses.
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UN-Launched Group Calls for Climate Investment in Cities
December 30, 2015
A report emanating from the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance, launched by the UN in 2014, seeks a large injection of funding from governments and businesses into cities for "climate-smart" infrastructure and transportation development to counter the effects of climate change.
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UN Ramps up Pressure for Climate-Change Education
December 30, 2015
The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization ("UNESCO") recently hosted a seminar for policy coordinators, teachers, and students from its Associated Schools Project Network to assist with the development of action plans to educate children about the effects of climate change in schools around the world.
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UN, Norway Agree on Funding for Climate-Poverty Research
December 30, 2015
The UN Environment Programme ("UNEP") has announced a $10 million deal with Norway that will fund UNEP's work on environmental crimes and on "mainstreaming" policy initiatives at the national level on how development planning can alleviate the effects of global warming on poverty.
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