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US Prompts UNSC Change in Sexual Violence Resolution
May 30, 2019
Stefano Gennarini of the Center for Family & Human Rights reports on the recent US veto threat at the UN Security Council (UNSC) that prompted the removal from a resolution on sexual violence in conflict of references to abortion and “sexual and reproductive health” rights.
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Latin American Countries Criticize IACHR Overreach
May 30, 2019
In April, five governments of Latin American countries presented a declaration to the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) warning that the Commission and related bodies are intruding on national sovereignty to implement their evolving conception of the global human rights agenda in the Americas.
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UN Launches Youth Alliance to Further Environmental Agenda
May 30, 2019
The UN Environment Programme has launched a Youth and Education Alliance (YEA!) that includes an initiative “to integrate environmental education into university curricula around the world” and to work with “youth movements” to inculcate environmentally friendly values in children.
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Governments Commit to Contribute Further to UN Climate Action
May 29, 2019
According to the UN Secretary-General’s envoy on climate change Luis Alfonso de Alba, 80 countries currently signed up to the UN’s Paris climate accord have agreed to ramp up their pledges to clamp down on greenhouse gas emissions to fulfill the goals of the UN’s agenda on global warming.
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UN Chief: Carbon Subsidies “Destroy the World”
May 29, 2019
At a recent forum for action on global warming, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for an end to worldwide fossil fuel subsidies, through which, he said, officials were spending taxpayer money “to destroy the world.”
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