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US, China Push for Early Action on UN Climate Deal
April 20, 2016
The Guardian reports that, due to a late change to provisions in the UN climate deal negotiated in December that some of its parties did not notice, officials in the US and China are indicating that they plan to bring into force the agreement, which provides for restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions, as early as this year.
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Resolution Seeks US Veto of UN Action on Palestine
April 20, 2016
Asserting that the UN "cannot be a truly neutral arbiter" of the conflict, a bipartisan resolution introduced in the US House of Representatives calls for the President to continue the longstanding practice of vetoing any UN Security Council resolution that seeks to impose a solution or timeline on the Israel-Palestine peace process.
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EU, World Bank Support Access to Climate Insurance Program
April 20, 2016
Amid growing global efforts to finance initiatives that seek to counter the effects of climate change, the World Bank and the European Commission have agreed to ease access of Latin American countries to "catastrophe risk insurance" under the Multi-Donor Trust Fund in recognition of the growing threat of global warming to these countries.
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Experts Urge Financial Pressure on UN to Counter Sex Abuse
April 20, 2016
George Russell writes that, as new reports of sex abuse by UN peacekeeping forces continue to come to light, some experts argued at a subcommittee hearing in the US House of Representatives that Congress must threaten to withhold funding until the UN approves a proper, independent investigation of the scandal.
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UN Chief Sparks Criticism by Scrapping Reproductive Report
April 20, 2016
An article from C-Fam asserts that UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's recent decision not to issue a "reproductive health" report will make it more difficult for observers to track UN spending on reproductive health efforts in the context of the UN's increased support for "sexual and reproductive health rights," often interpreted to include family planning and abortion.
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