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UN Audit Reveals Lapses in Bribery Case
April 08, 2016
Reuters reports that a confidential document from the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services, generated as part of the office's investigation of a bribery scheme implicating former UN General Assembly President John Ashe, has indicated a number of lapses in the UN's links with the nongovernmental organizations at the center of the scandal.
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Li: China Increases Role in Global Governance
April 08, 2016
Cheng Li of the Brookings Institution writes that the recent visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Washington, DC, for a conference on nuclear security underscores the increasing role of China in global governance efforts on issues ranging from climate change to the world economy.
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UN Meeting Promotes Agenda of Economic Redistribution
April 07, 2016
Calling for a "fair global society," UN officials at a recent "special meeting on inequality" asserted that national leaders must address growing economic inequality between countries and within countries, blaming the former on "illicit financial flows" and other unethical international activity, while blaming the latter on lack of "political will."
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OSCE Trains Officials on Human Rights of Migrants
April 07, 2016
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ("OSCE") recently held a training course in Armenia on how OSCE countries must manage migration in a way that corresponds with their obligations under international human rights law.
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Diplomats Hasten UN Deal-making Before US Election
April 07, 2016
Colum Lynch writes that UN diplomats, fearing the next US President will be less "friendly" toward deals at the international organization, are hurrying forward agreements and resolutions on which they seek to cooperate with the Obama Administration, including a UN Security Council resolution seeking to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict, before the November US elections.
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